h gao, Shanghai

True the riots in Lhasa where not peaceful and where directed against the Han Chinese so there's obviously still a lot of tension between the Tibetans and the Chinese occupiers after 50 years.

Mike, Nottm, UK

"China ended Tibetan serfdom"

I suspect the first 20 years of Chinese rule where worse for a lot of Tibetans then the serfdom it replaced.

Mike, Nottm, UK

To:Trevor Swistchew, Edinburgh,
China ended Tibetan serfdom. A poor China then could not do much for all its people, not to say the Tibetans. Today's China is different. Tibet was opening up with development and foreign tourism allowed until someone disrupt this process on Mar 14 2008.

Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

JOHN, NYC, USA

All Chinese understand the meaning of Kharma but d space here do not allow a good explanation. Like Buddhism, it is with Chinese culture all along. Anyway V cannot allow what Ms.Stone said to distract Chinese attention on d Sichuan victims.

Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Tibet was not perfect before China put Chinese rule into operation but Tibetan people were happier.Communist ideology is cruel offering no real freedom even to Communist followers.China justifies its cruelty in Tibet by saying other nations were cruel.Two wrongs do not make it right.

Trevor Swistchew, Edinburgh,

Please understand what karma means before comment on Sharon Stone. Karma means Action (there is no action without cause and effect). Simply put, the whole universe exists on the principle of cause and effect. If you believe in karma, it would be easier to understand the whole dynamic of her words.

JOHN, NYC, USA

The earthquake epicenter is located in a Tibetan-inhabited area. By referring karma, Sharon Stone is effectively cursing many Tibetans victims for the divine punishment. Check the Free Tibet web site for more information. The paragraph begins with the sentence: “Many people do not realize...."

Daneil Shaw, Boston, USA

There are some good points made in the above (Have your say) China has done wonders with Tibet and its people. Before it hit the headlines a while back it was growing and becoming a better place for all Tibetans.Before China said enough is enough and went in and set the serf and others free,

Garry ward, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

To Mike, Nottm, UK

1, Dalai uprised in 1959 since he refused to give up the 5% serf-masters' 95% land to Tibeten poor serfs, an item in 17 points treaty he signed with Beijing;
2, In cultural revolution, most damages were done by Tibeten red gurads who were more violent than Han Chinese.

h gao, Shanghai,

To Jan, Warsaw, Poland

The demonstration in Lhasa in March was not peaceful as you say. Only your biased media said it that way which is not true. Even Dalai lama admitted it was violent.

h gao, Shanghai,

Please please don't always use simple mind to judge others. Since you are not a Tibetan, how do you know that Tibetans don't want independence? If Tibetans 'say' we don't want independence then they really don't want it? Not at all. Tibetans cannot say it freely, but want it a lot inside.

Tashi Dawa, Lhasa,

If majority of Tibetans really don't want independence or autonomy and are happy under the Chinese rule, why doesn't the Chinese Government held a referendum on this issue. Just to clear up the doubts a lot of people obviously have. Why do they arrest and torture peaceful demonstrators?

Jan, Warsaw, Poland

Frank, Halifax, UK

You're right Frank it was appalling though rather a long time ago but how does this justify China's continued repression in Tibet, I suppose if Jean was Italian you would be berating her for the actions of the Roman Empire.

Mike, Nottm, UK

Has Jean of London even know of the "appalling treatment meted out to the " Aborigines in Australia ... even? Or the Maoris? Or the Crees? or the Innus? or the Apaches? Or the Arapahoes? or the Cheyennes? or the Sioux? or the millions of other human beings around the world? And all by the British?

Frank, Halifax, UK

Its about time The chinese people really opened their eyes as to the appalling treatment meted out to the Tibetans by THE chinese communist party........China doesnt care about the Tibetans,so it seems to me ,but just Tibets vast mineral and environmental opportunities and to exploit them

Jean, London, England

"Tibet has been part of China for thousand years."

Not even the Chinese Goverment claim that.........

Mike, Nottm, UK

Does itshow the starving peasents, or the homeless on the streets, or medieval tortures taking place to?

David, Weymouth, Dorset

h gao, Shanghai,

How many Tibetans died as a direct result of the Chinese invasion, the 'Cultural Revolution', the famine of 1960-2 caused many say by Chinese imposed agricultural reforms.

Perhaps the Chinese could post an album showing this

Mike, Nottm, UK

This is just ridiculous. Tibet has been part of China for thousand years. Majority of Tibetans in Tibet do not want independence at all. Some people are still dreaming feudalist slave-owned society in Tibet. Should European descendants give USA back to local Indians? Come on, give me a break!

John Wang, Hong Kong, china

I don't know many people who think that Tibet prior to Chinese occupation was a mystical Shangri-La but plenty of Chinese posters claim to have saved Tibet from a 'feudal hell'

How much of what is shown in the Photos is still standing after the 'peaceful liberation' of Tibet from the Tibetans?

Mike, Nottm, UK

Tibet is surely a beautiful place, and undoubtedly a part of China. But, Tibetans need right to practice their religion and rights. I guess unless China is willing to give them that, there will always be dissent. I guess it is time to sit and talk, for both sides.

Balaji, Bangalore, India

Welcome people from all over the world to beautiful Lhasa. You will see the real Chinese people life, society and government. What you hear about may be false; what you see is true.

xf.wang, Beijing, China PR

Knowing the truth is important. One important point is 'no Tibetan either in exile or in Tibetan is saying that the Tibet before the Chinese occupation is perfect and we want to go back'. At the same time, no Tibetan wants to live under China's rule.

Lundrup, Dharamsala, India

---"CHinese image of Tibet as a feudal hell"?
Only Chinese view Tibet as that? Read:.
Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet by Michael Paranti
Mythhttp://www.michaelparenti.org/Tibet.html
To denounce the Chinese occupation does not mean we have to romanticize the former feudal régime.

h gao, Shanghai,

In the album, I failed to find the name of British officer Young Husband who mawed down 2,500 Tibeten monks in 1904.

h gao, Shanghai,