Three cities: Ankara, Lhasa and Peking.

[ron_broxted]

China must end it's illegal occupation of Tibet. This short sentence was deleted from (another) paper earlier on. The Han government in Peking faces daily opposition from the civilised world over it's continued genocide. I was asked "What of American genocide towards the Native Indians?" To which I replied that began at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607

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dictatorships never yield, they only crumble

[nabil2000]

Only the Chinese people have their fate, and that of Tibet in their hand, as China is currently very powerful and successful economically, militarily, and can feed its population, the Tibetans, like other minorities subjugated in ruthless dictatorships will keep being subjugated.
The west cannot afford to help them, as there is no leverage, or strategical interest.
One can arm them, but that will make matters worse as China will then use that as an excuse to decimate them.
The Tibetans do not strike me as natural warriors like say the Pashtuns...
It is not an issue I looked into, I wish the Tibetans well, but I doubt they will succeed unless the Chinese population help them...
The same goes for other minorities such as the Uighur.
As for an Islamic revival, forget it, too many sects and differences of opinion...
I think an Afghani (Djamal Al-Afghani, at the turn of the last century) said about the Arabs, but it works for the "muslims" too, "The only thing the Arabs agreed upon, is never to agree upon themselves".
Itaffaqa Al'arab ann la yattafiquu... replace arabs with "muslims"...

Re: dictatorships never yield, they only crumble

[ron_broxted]

"Who is this tribe you speak of, the Arabs?" T.E.Lawrence was asked. Tibet was invaded by Britain in 1904 at the height of the "Great Game" the Younghusband expedition.

Re: dictatorships never yield, they only crumble

[nabil2000]

Yet another sorry intervention our predecessors got involved in :(

Re: dictatorships never yield, they only crumble

[ron_broxted]

I am off to bed in 10 minutes.