The revolt by the discontented monks fatally imperils Tibetans under the Dragon’s watch
Writes a blogger from Lhasa: 'Police cars and fire engines were outside smashed and burned. A lot of Tibetans ran towards Dazhao (Jokhang) temple. ' The riots in the Tibetan capital were the fiercest in two decades and, as before, led by its doughty Buddhist monks. The timing was carefully chosen to coincide with Chinese preparations for the August Olympics; though it is generally agreed that this is one more lost cause, and gravely imperils the Tibetans and their culture in Chinese occupancy. Yes the wide sympathy for the free-Tibet campaign notwithstanding, its public expression on a scale big enough to make a dent in the Chinese stand has rarely been considered practicable. Yet unmindful of the Dalai Lama’s warning, the monks have refused to abandon their romantic, many say Utopian, quest.
This latest uprising thus serves merely to revive the ancient fear, that the monks' resistance – though doubtless awe inspiring in the face of the Chinese juggernaut – could also, easily, attract a mind-numbing counter response. For as well as being deferred to by all the major world powers for their military and economic might, the Chinese have never much worried about the noises made about its terrible human rights record. The fear, then, is that once China is done with hosting the Games, it might not think twice about finding another of those long-term typically Chinese solutions to end the trouble for all time.
Writes a blogger from Lhasa: 'Police cars and fire engines were outside smashed and burned. A lot of Tibetans ran towards Dazhao (Jokhang) temple. ' The riots in the Tibetan capital were the fiercest in two decades and, as before, led by its doughty Buddhist monks. The timing was carefully chosen to coincide with Chinese preparations for the August Olympics; though it is generally agreed that this is one more lost cause, and gravely imperils the Tibetans and their culture in Chinese occupancy. Yes the wide sympathy for the free-Tibet campaign notwithstanding, its public expression on a scale big enough to make a dent in the Chinese stand has rarely been considered practicable. Yet unmindful of the Dalai Lama’s warning, the monks have refused to abandon their romantic, many say Utopian, quest.
This latest uprising thus serves merely to revive the ancient fear, that the monks' resistance – though doubtless awe inspiring in the face of the Chinese juggernaut – could also, easily, attract a mind-numbing counter response. For as well as being deferred to by all the major world powers for their military and economic might, the Chinese have never much worried about the noises made about its terrible human rights record. The fear, then, is that once China is done with hosting the Games, it might not think twice about finding another of those long-term typically Chinese solutions to end the trouble for all time.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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