Lloyd, London
To China,
1) Tibet is an internal matter,
2) Taiwan as a province of China was long "acknowledged" by the KMT (ruling party in Taiwan) as published in their history books.
3) Zimbabwe is a sovereign nation & any arms deals with the government of the day is legal.
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Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Not all Chinese are brainwashed by CCP propaganda, and many Chinese intellectuals and dissidents are critical of the CCP regime and its policies towards Tibet and the Dalai Lama. But CCP's days are numbered. China is not rising, its blowing up like a balloon and when it pops it will be good for all

Chan Shu, Taipei,

Kieran, London - Higher democratic ideals you say...you mean like how GB has just democratically signed the Lisbon treaty against the court's wishes. Some ideal!

Glynn, Kingston,

The Chinese think the path to being No1 is through economic power, what they dont realise is that they can never be leaders because they have no higher social, political or democratic ideals to offer. Who aspires to be under the cosh of a brutal totalitarian dictatorship?

Kieron, London,

Lloyd, London.

China also fiercely respects the fiercest third world dictatorships. Weapons and regime know how in exchange for valuable natural resources, turning whole states into ghastly prisons. Tibet, Zimbabwe, Darfur, Cambodia, Burma. Laos. The list is endless.

Colin, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Glynn, Kingston you say .. fiercely respects the sovereignty of nations and will never interfere or invade another.. SORRY? Tibet what’s that if not invasion, Taiwan they interfere every day and that’s just openly what about the interference in Zim. China is a Marxist dictatorship nothing more.

Lloyd, London,

Edward: Ruler as parent? Government as household? Ok, then the torture chamber is in the basement? ...where the all-knowing, all-powerful father punishes his family for the slightest deviance from the father's belief, words, etc...

Eddie, Toronto, Canada

To Westerners: It would be futile to preach your 300-yr old Lockean doctrine of democracy to the Chinese. They won't appreciate the notion of a government as sanctioned by a social contract. They have a 2000-yr old Confucian distrust for political debates. One party is noisy enough. Why many?

Edward, Bristol,

To the China bashers: There is nothing to fear but fear itself.If its your economies, look to your government; if it's you social fabric, look to your government. As for the Chinese we will make you anything you want as long as you still can't curb your wants and are willing to pay for it.

Glynn, Kingston,

Dan , Ottawa - Wouldn't you say then that we too have been brainwashed from an embroynic stage? Many of us here in the West to parrot what our govt. want. Eg. if you work for the services, army navy etc or you wouldn't be there and what about our foreign service? Isn't that the nature of the beast?

Glynn, Kingston,

To the Chinese: It is futile to explain to the Westerners why you are happy with your own government. They cannot appreciate that you see your country as a household and your ruler as a parent. The father does not sin whatever mistakes he makes as long as he gives you food and sends you to school.

Edward, Bristol,

I agree the Chinese are fine people who have been brainwashed from birth by the Chinese Communist Party. What is saddest is seeing Chinese studying in the West maliciously parroting the CCP line, many at the behest of Chinese embassies, in return for favours when they return home. Sick.

Dan , Ottawa, Canada

China is a threat to the world and wants to destroy Tibet culture. They have plans not only to dominate Tibet but all of east Asia. There is no peace in the world with the present rulers or communitst ideology in China. The West must not appease to Communitst China's Tyranny by business gains.

Mike, toronto, Canada

Namgyal Damdul, Dublin, Ireland - Whether or not the West funds China, it is its manifest destiny. Just like it was the US's manifest destiny to be top in the 20th century. China holds Westphalian ideals that fiercely respects the sovereignty of nations and will never interfere or invade another

Glynn, Kingston,

Lim, shengqi, lihongming, please help me. In China is the internet freely available to all and any sites, does the Chinese government run re-education camps for anyone who thinks differently to Government ideology, is the press free, do you have free and fair elections, is there freedom of religion?

Lloyd, London,

Lim, shengqi, lihongming the West is not afraid of China. China has more problems than they could ever imagine, inflation, unrest (although to date you have crushed this literally) Poverty in the provinces, pollution out of control, too many males not enough females, cost of living out of control.

Lloyd, London,

It is easy to critisize when your interests is are involved. As a Chinese who have studied in the West for 5 years, I really appreciate effort of the current Chinese Gov., who maintains stability and provide chances to pursue personal goals to me, my family, and most of the 1.3 billion Chinese.

Xun, Oxford, UK

Donald S, Shanghai, China

If the West had practised what Confucius teached, the world would be a better place today. The West behaves like a cowboy and thinks that it is still the same period of Indians and cowboys, many moons back. The West needs to wake up as the rest of the world is waking up

Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

William, Atlanta, USA said: "World inaction allows China to destroy lives"
You are biased and casting great injustice. China risks the lives of its young soldiers to rescue & save lives (both Chinese & Tibetans) trapped in the Sichuan earthquake. This is a recent occurence & yet u have forgotten.

Lim Hing Thing, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Whatever.

I'll enjoy the Olympics for the sporting achievements of the dedicated athletes.

The Tibet issue has wrongdoings on both sides and it's stupid to pick solely on the Chinese government on these matters. Wake up to the real world guys, there are millions of people happy in the PRC.

Andy, Cambridge, UK

Sinister is the author! It is a pity that some people in the western countries are so easily misled by the biased. Set asured the absolute majority of Chinese including 55 ethnic minorities are aboslute behind the government on this issue.

shengqi, Beijing,

The stability inside China is of the critical importance for China's rising and benefiting the Chinese people. Unfortunately, this need some cost and sacrifice for the average persons of China that is the corruption and authoritarian of one party rule. After all a paper has two sides.

thomas, harbin,

Shame on those racists from West. They hate Chinese people. They think they are superior than Chinese people. They are really pathetic.

lihongming, beijing, China

British troop are slaughtering Afghan and Iraqis. How many civilians were killed since 2003? Apparently, the west media have no interest in these. Because they just died as a price of "freedom". And then the west media specially focuses on "evil" China. It is really a good way of brain-washing

Wxing, China,

Mike, Nottm, UK

My Democratic friend, it is your old marxist/maoist here. Don't worry. The rising China is peaceful, not war like and definitely development oriented. It has no territorial ambitions. It wants friendly relationships with all countries. Please sleep well, sweet dreams.
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Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Whats so "secret" and "sinister" about something that has been announced and championed in public by CCP officials for weeks?

Pete, Cov,

Through its occupation of Tibet and Eastern Turkestan, China is showing that it has always been and will always be the worst example of an imperialist totalitarian country. Worse aven than the USSR.
All China cares about is plundering Tibet's resources. The people are a nuisance to be dealt with.

John Maynard, Toronto, Canada

I think there is possibility of a world war at the middle of this century because by then China would have become Superpower and would have controlled half of the world and would be planning for Europe and USA. Then, well, western countries themselves will be blamed for funding China through trade.

Namgyal Damdul, Dublin, Ireland

If exposing the truth is China bashing : so be it.
If the Chinese people chose to believe and repeat these lies they deserve just as much criticism. I for one will not apologize in the face of such hypocritical behaviour.
The China apologists are no better than the Communist party they defend.

maurice, vancouver,

Isreal-Palestine, China-Tibet, Zimbabwe-Zimbabwe!
USA-Native Americans, Sudan-Darfur
Oppression is a human trait. We seek to exploit our brothers for profit and due to hunger for power. Humanity will go on, until we deplete the planet or poison the atmosphere. Until then, all I can do is love.

Fran Ing, Berkeley, USA

So, does this mean the railway line that connects Beijing to Tibet is not necessarily being built for tourism, but as a means to get the military into Tibet proper as quickly as they can to start their reign of oppression.

Hima, Houston,

Well, what many of us suspected is now out in the open. Let the torture begin! Oh, I forgot, first we all have to smile and watch the Olympics. If I were the praying type, I'd start now to pray for the Tibetans. This is beyond shame.

Eddie, Toronto, Canada

China is not doing anything different from American and British history. China should give the Tibetans the modern equivalent of smallpox infested blankets. Walk down the streets of Mayfair and you can the most of this wealth was plundered for centuries from places like India, China, & MidEast.

Tony Snow, Washington, D.C., USA

It should say "World inaction allows China to destroy lives while blaming Bush." Really, what is the UN going to do about it? Nothing but talk while people die. Any nation that does stand up is brow-beaten by Europe and accused of being "imperailist". The West is now weak. Time for US to come home

William, Atlanta, USA

This is a ridiculous article. There is no 'secret' plan to tame Tibet. It is all public. Zhang Qingli, the party secretary, said in public, for God's sake, when he launched the torch relay there a few weeks back. They have been talking about it for monts - if not years for that matter.

barrie hugher, dubai, UAE

Deeply disturbing how a human being can call the killing of another human being 'nipping the buds'. Whilst Lim casually dismisses 'western style democracy', another Tibetan is brutally tortured and killed by the Chinese govt. Malaysia's no better, look at what has happened to Penans or Orang Aslis.

Wu, Johor, Malaysia

I hope western leaders and people will now beoycott te Beijing farce to give China a clear message that noone is being fooled by their attempts to cover up the brutal and repressive nature of their corrupt regime. Similarly TV stations should not broadcast news from the bloodstained Olympicsw.

Frank, London, UK

"bash and demonize Chinese people and Chinese culture"

Not at all, just the Chinese government & it's repressive policies in Tibet

"public dissent or demonstrations should be nipped in its bud"

The voice of a true totalitarian, democracy may be far from perfect but it has to be better than that..

Mike, Nottm, UK

It is appalling to see some people from the West to bash and demonize Chinese people and Chinese culture again. It is so unfair and injustice to the global 1.4 billion Chinese people. We will continue to speak out against western prejudice. Different cultures have different ways of thinking!!!!!

jack han, beijing, China

China has been complacent in governing its provinces effectively. Tibet and Xinjiang in particular should have been better ruled; public dissent or demonstrations should be nipped in its bud quickly. Observance of the laws of the land is paramount. CHina must not follow Western style democracy.

S K Lin, Kuala LUmpur, Malaysia

It's funny how uneducated and misinformed most people outside of China are of the truth. Everyone knows that Western state media is controlled by zionists who wish for anglo-saxon supremity and fear the uprising of China. Most people should research the history of Tibet before making comments.

Charles, Sydney, Australia

its ok this is china. they make things for us and have no oil to sell. this isnt rhodesia after all.

peter jones, moscow, russia

hgao in Beijing

If there is truth in this article, you are saying it should not be printed. The western media should instead kowtow to Beijing and join in the Chinese practice of saying nothing bad about your government. No way. The west is not Confucian and never will be.

Donald S, Shanghai, China

Lim, I see you spreading your type of maxist rubbish on this site as well. Let Mugabe kill whoever he likes, let China slaughter people, have sweat shops and disregard every human rights law the world has ever seen. What sort of person are you?

Lloyd, London,

Selling arms for use in Darfur, supporting the Burmese government, vetoing sanctions aganst Zimbabwe,
and of course years of brutality in Tibet. Why should
we feel at all excited about their Olympics?

Paul, Edinburgh, UK

I love china and chinese culture. i think Tibet is part of China.

Will Davis, London, UK

Always interesting to see the British media so thorough on Tibet but never on Northern Ireland where years of police brutality, government sponsored terrorism and torture have destroyed so many lives. Who is going to boycott the London Olympics?
Free Northern Ireland!

Joe Smith, Los Angeles, USA

if communism is so great, why does it have to be forced at gunpoint?

brian, texas, usa

For nearly 60 years the international community has looked away at what the Chinese are doing in Tibet. This what people do, of course when the problem arrives at their doorstep they wonder why no one is coming to help.

Eddy, los Angeles, usa

All d anti-China posters here are sour grapes. I read some will be boycotting d Olympics as well as made in China goods.
D Tibetans were okay until someone used d Olmpyics to put pressure on China. All disruptive efforts are doomed to fail. D 1.3 billion Chinese will not be moved.
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Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

It's very important for the world to see what is happening in Tibet and neighboring Tibetan Areas where protest have happened during March against Chinese occupation after the Olympics. Hu's govt. is as good as Mugube's. No space to express ur feeling!

Yeshi, Bangalore, India

ive lived in china for years they are decent people who have been brainwashed by a thug regime who lie and steal from them at every opportunity. tibet is no different from the rest of china. most educated people i speak to want rid of this regime true the west is not perfect but hey r better than it

william gibbons, chengdu, china

Should a goverment do NOTHING after such a mass unrest in which Tibetans directed their racial hatred against their neighbors (both the Han and the Hui minorities in Tibet) through burning and killing?

H Bline, Atlanta, USA

China has been doing this in Xinjiang for a long long time..God protect us all..

Young Sufi, London, UK

Tibet, for China, is a gold mine of resources and strategic military positioning. It has for 50 years been slowly strangling Tibetan culture. What is happening now is not new. 1.2 million Tibetans have died since the Chinese invasion. Now the spiritual treasure chest that is Tibet is under threat.

Laurence, Sydney, Australia

Bashing China is becoming a new Olympic sport. West media have got the gold long before it start. Why? Because China is rising with a success story. Contain, belittle and besiege China become first priority in neo-con's geopolitical agenda, to which trendy liberals serve as foot-soldiers. Pity

hgao, beijing,

So China is changing & opening up is it? sounds like the same old totalitarian brutality to me. If China's on the rise god help us all, Bush was bad enough.

Mike, Nottm, UK

Tibet is in it's last month of any sort of freedom.

After the close of the Olympics the international cameras will be gone and the people of Tibet will suffer.

For they have embarresed the government....for the last time.

Les Copeland, Los Angeles, USA

Anybody who has ever spent any serious time in China knows for a fact that what China presents to the outside and what it does on the inside are two very different things. This is only news to people who are so naive as to believe things were ever going to be 'as presented for the Olympics'.

CS, Sydney, Australia

Bashings come out just because China and Russia veto the sanction against Zimbabwe?
'run a campaign that sounds to many Chinese like an echo from history'. Yes, and most Chinese hope the 'history' here means the history about General Wang Zhen in Xinjiang.

Ran, York, UK

Is it be any surprise that the Chinese govt. is planning this. God help the Tebetans once the 2008 Olympics are over.

KR

K. Rathore, College Station,