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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
Nice speech there... too bad the Tibetans themselves don't buy it.
And when we're talking about national self determination as set out in the UN charter... that's ALL that matters
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And people these days take UN seriously? Why I haven't seen any firm resolutions in the UN about Tibetan independence?
You know it's quite ironic when the spokesperson of the UN is a South Korean and well-known to be very pro-China.
Let's see how it goes in the UN.
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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
He's pledged to establish a democracy if he is reinstated as Tibet's leader. That's enough for me to support him and enough for the people of Tibet.
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Supporting Democracy... yes. But dividing his own people with the issues of Dorje Shugden to consolidate more power? How democratic is he when he produced more controversies among his followers?
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Oh I love it how you're trying to gloss over the issues by going off on all sorts of tangents.
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Why? Because I'm also a Chinese minority as well?
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Furthermore, even if you did manage to undermine the Dalai Lama... the fact that Tibetans regard themselves as different to Chinese and wish to exercise national self determination that they had before China invaded Tibet in the 1950's is still an issue unto itself. Whether or not the Dalai Lama is central to that issue or not.
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Dalai Lama's using a "Middle Way" policy of
without seeking independence for Tibet, the Central Tibetan Administration strives for the creation of a political entity comprising the three traditional provinces of Tibet.
Facing Facts On Tibet - Forbes.com
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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
Noone is disputing that modern China is multi-ethnic.
However it is multi ethnic whether these ethnic groups like it or not that is the problem.
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There are 56 groups. Only 2 minority groups are currently having issues. Why we are not seeing any 54 minority groups uprising?