Archive for the 'Chinese civilization' Category

Beijing-style blind allegiance re-re-surfaces in Tibet

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Singing patriotic songs ala communist China during the height of the Cultural Revolution. Chinese-style blind allegiance to political leaders appears to have surfaced in Tibet. Note the place - horse-riding dance festival in Gyantse, Tibet.

Parading Beijing-approved child reincarnations at the Gyantse Horse-riding dance festival. Reincarnations of high-ranking lamas are widespread in Tibet. One wonders [...]

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Nobody asked the Chinese to civilize the Tibetans

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

With Tibet in the news, I can’t help recalling of the time I spent in Tibet in August 2005. It was quite a revelation. Hostilities were already boiling underneath the veneer of peace and prosperity that the Chinese invader government took pains to project. It started at the border between Nepal and Tibet. When the [...]

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