lim you seem like an intelligent guy but if you believe that having a full stomach everyday is the key to social harmony then you are not as intelligent as i thought you were. i lived in china for many years and know many decent chinese people who want rid of gov, they want freedom and truthnot lies

peter, manchester, uk

Mike, Nottm
U r not Tibetan. How do u know they don't want them there? Anyway this is how I feel. Many Westerners have nothing better to do so they meddle as a past time. Yes your bellies r full most of the time and u r too free as many of u r on State Welfare. Correct me if I am wrong.
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Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Mike, Nottm
What do you mean DL had compromised? Tibet is already an autonomous province and yet DL said he sought autonomy not independence. H wld need many more years just to seek his kind of autonomy? Maybe it is time his side send a younger more practical person to talk. Not you anyway.
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Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

What the Chinese have done in Tibet makes the ethnic cleansing in the Balkans over the last ten years look like a tea party. They are still daily shooting Tibetans escaping to Nepal. Tibetans have been made the underclass in their own country, their traditions crushed along with their aspirations.

Peter Thomson, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

"he shld be more reconciliatie & do the right thing"

The DL has compromised so much as to renounce claims for full independence which has not been too popular among many Tibetans. Beijing on the other hand has no intention of compromising in any way at all, like talking to a brick wall.

Mike, Nottm, UK

Lim

The Tibetan youth are already more ‘radical’ than the DL demanding full independence.
Once the DL dies and his peaceful policies have been seen to have been unsuccessful there will be worse trouble, you might even see young Tibetans throwing bombs like the Islamists.

Mike, Nottm, UK

Lim

‘True social harmony is having a full stomach everyday’

Well if the Chinese left Tibet then she wouldn’t have to feed them would she. Its not as if the Tibetans want them there.

Mike, Nottm, UK

Mike, Nottm, UK
True social harmony is having a full stomach everyday, that is the priority. China has someway to go but it is moving in the right direction. With such a huge population, literacy rate is high among the top in the world, standard of living is rising. Has the Govt failed? No!
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Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Mike, Nottm, UK
When I said the "West" it is only in general and does not include every Westerner. e.g there are good and understanding Westerners just as there are culprit Westerners. Similarly Asian is in general. Does not mean all 100% Asians. Surely you know better than to pin on this.
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Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Mike, Nottm, UK

Do u know that Tibetan monks were taught to owe allegiance only to DL & that they could never turn their backs on him. While he is still living he shld be more reconciliatie & do the right thing. Further I do not think the young would be too radical and rebellious after him

Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Lim

True social ‘harmony’ is not achieved simply by forcibly silencing any dissent, that is the’ Harmony’ of the grave.

Mike, Nottm, UK

Lim

For the last 50 years the Dalai has stressed non violent protests against the Chinese occupation.

If this policy is seen to have failed the younger are more radical Tibetans may well resort to more violent means after the death of the Dalai

Mike, Nottm, UK

Lim

'Asians do not see the need for peaceful protests'

I see, so Tibetans are not Asian then?

& Indians who support the tibetan cause are not 'asian' nor the Japanese?

Anyone who disagrees with China are not 'Asian' then

Mike, Nottm, UK

The sooner the games are over the better.......I hope some Chnese peoplewill protest over Tibet,the Tibetans wont get a chance!!

Jean , London, England

Mike, Nottm, UK

The measures taken is necessary in view of the persistent attempts by DL with his Western allies to discrupt the games. Asians do not see the need for peaceful protests. Btw can you tell me which protest is really peaceful. We need peace, calm, understanding and harmony not protes

Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

"The police will be fully devoted to Olympic security work with a high sense of political responsibility"
i remember a campaign on the news while i was in the mainland (china) telling everyone the olympics had nothing to do with politics

Jon, Bristol, UK

who is the guy that plays for new zealand

senala, new zealand, tuvalu

Does the Chinese government not realise that all this draconian security in Tibet will only cause further damage to their already poor reputation? , whereas allowing peaceful protests will only earn them respect.

Is this concept too difficult for them to grasp?

Mike, Nottm, UK