The Tibetan People Have Stood Up, Now Step Aside China…
If anyone should understand fighting for an ideology it should be the Communist Party of China. In the words of their beloved Communist leader Mao Zedong, who when proclaiming victory back in 1949, declared that “The Chinese people have Stood Up” against imperialism, feudalism, bureaucrat-capitalism and their general representative”. Well the Tibetans have “Stood Up”, against the imperialism, bureaucratic capitalism, repression and their general representative, the Communist Party of China. So step aside China.
China’s political structure may have changed in the last few decades but is far from being a democracy. They may have opened their doors to economic relations with the outside world, but the political controls on it’s populace remain as tight fisted as ever, a government wrought with paranoia.
For those that believe that China is somehow “more free” in any sense of the word, don’t confuse economic development and International relations with Freedom. The People’s Republic of China is still run by the Communist Party of China, where they still restrict basic human rights and freedoms that we often times take for granted. Basic human rights like freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press and the Internet, freedom of reproductive rights and freedom of religion.
The Dalai Lama has condemned the “Rule of Terror” by the Chinese government in his native Tibet and believes that they are committing “Cultural Genocide” by doing things like forbidding students and government workers from visiting monasteries, or participating in religious ceremonies and requiring the monks to listen to long “Brainwashing Sessions” about the “revised” history of Tibet. Just last year they tried interfering with Buddhist tradition by claiming the authority to choose the next incarnation of the “Living Buddha”. In other words choosing their own puppet to replace the Dalai Lama.
While they blame the Dalai Lama for the unrest in the region, it is a sign of their own failure to gain the respect of the Tibetan people and so they rise. The protests started last Monday when 400 monks from the Drepung Monastery marched peacefully into Lhasa, the capital of Tibet to protest religious restrictions, turned violent on Friday and continues today throughout the world, with protests at many Chinese Embassies, condemning the heavy hand of the Chinese government.
As I write this China has effectively closed off Tibet to foreign organizations and tourists, what’s there to hide?
What’s left, is for the rest of the world to make our voices heard and rise with the Tibetans. A good beginning would be for the Olympic Organization to take away the Olympic Games from Beijing, a good follow up is a boycott of Chinese products…hit them where it hurts the most, in their capitalistic pockets.
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on March 18th, 2008 at 11:09 am
I support the Tibetans 100%. China must step aside NOW!!!
on March 18th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
I agree with Clement. China needs to realize that Tibet is a free state.
on March 21st, 2008 at 5:15 pm
The rulers of China need to go but they are backed by socialists all over the world. This is very unfortunate but I don’t see it changing anytime soon.
on March 24th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Communisms is a wrong thing… It makes people lazy and think that everything will be done somehow. And I know, I lived in communism. Nobody of my family was hurt, but I know what it can do with the people and with the country when it falls. Everywhere will be people who came to the power only by luck and because they have a member of family or a friend on a high post and not because of their knowledge…
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:31 pm
One thing I should point out is that China is not a communist country. Another issue I want to question is that it is fine that the Tibetan people finally stand up, but what’s going to happen afterwards? Tibet is a kind of isolated area which is not easily accessible by the outside world anyway. What’s your suggestions for them to reach economic growth and improve living standards,or at least,earn a living? And what if they keep their culture and language and begin using Tibetan as official language, how do you think you can communicate with each other? The most important issue is that what do the Tibetan people IN CHINA NOW want? Do you have any idea of what they actually want?
I am not speaking for either side. I am just questioning the effects and what they might meet with after the success of Free Tibet Movement. It is something that we can discuss about,right? Do you think it makes more sense if we can provide what they gonna do and will do better than now before going on the street and protest?
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
To Sherley,
I beg to differ with you but last I checked China was still a Communist country. See Wikipedia on China “Today, mainland China is administered by the People’s Republic of China—a one-party state under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party; while the island of Taiwan and surrounding islands are administered by the Republic of China—a democratic multi-party state.”
Whatever happens after they win their freedom from the Chinese Government is up to them. That is the whole point of “Freedom”. Once they get their independence back it is up to them and their own ruling party how they bring economic growth and improve their own living standard.
Why should they not keep their own culture and use Tibetan as their official language, it is their country. Why should you or I be able to tell them what language they can or cannot speak in their own country. You and I can communicate right now and I am sure that English is not our native language.
The Tibetan people are telling the world what they want right now, by protesting. They are telling the world that they do not want their country occupied by Communist China, they don’t want their civil rights violated, they want autonomy, they want their freedom. Is that not clear? Is that not enough?
You and I can discuss all we want about what should be done, but in the end what the Tibetan people want is their right as human beings.