Heart of the Matter in Tibet

China should respect Tibetans and their rights. Reuters quotes Anne Holmes, Acting Director of Free Tibet Campaign, as hollering this.She was referring to the case of a nun who was beaten on the chest by Chinese authorities for wearing a photo of the Dalai Lama on her neck. No photos of the Dalai Lama are allowed in Tibet by the Chinese. China maintains that it has never hurt anyone in Tibet ever, leave alone beating innocent monks. Rather, China sees itself as the great liberator of the Tibetan people. Before the Chinese kindly freed the poor Tibetans, the latter were burdened with the evils of religious superstition and mindless persecution at the hands of tyrannical lamas. In The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene had written of religious persecution by a Communist State in catholic Mexico. The novel can be retold by substituting Buddhism for Catholicism and Tibet for Mexico. The novel will clarify the truth about Tibet more than any blog-post or humanitarian report can. The Chinese are systematically looting monasteries in Tibet. They are using torture and even bribes to buy out monks loyal to the Dalai Lama. This is a part of the ongoing Marxist Cultural Revolution to which China subscribes. The war that China is waging against Tibetans have intensified after the Dalai Lama recently declared his intentions for either ending the institution of the Dalai Lama or choosing his successor himself. Ironically, China wants to choose the next Dalai Lama. One wonders why China is so interested in religious head when the nation rejects religion as a policy. No gentle murmurs against China will end the persecution of the Tibetans. The US is dependant on China for massive capital goods’ outsourcing. It sees China as the great economy of this century. So understandably, the cowardly and opportunistic USA is silent at the sufferings of the Tibetan people. There are going to be no sanctions against the Chinese, no diplomatic outrage by the international community, only meaningless and futile hollering by some kind and concerned people. China will see in such protests only capitalist assaults against its humane socialism. This is the heart of the matter. Via: Reuters Image: NY Times , Magic Planet & Nepal Hiking