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Old 12-03-2008, 10:20 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Part of China according to the despicable corrupt brutal and oppressive Chinese government. Tibet existed as an independent nation for hundreds of years - fact. May I remind you that China conquered Tibet militarily - the Tibetans didn't ask for Chinas invasion.

Were you Tibetan you might find that to be a 'big deal'!
It was inevitable that the nation of China that Mai created would sooner or later address unfinished business and Tibet was part of that unfinished business as is Taiwan.

For a very long time Tibet was in essence a region of greater China.

It is once more.

Get used to it.

In any case this is only realpolitik in action.

The old Dali Lama comes over as a nice guy but here again, so what?

Life is as it is, not as one might wish, and in any case it’s NON of our business.
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