China's grip on Tibet

From: The Boston Globe | Date: October 23, 2007| Author: H.D.S. Greenway; H.D.S. Greenway's column appears regularly in the | Copyright information

LHASA, Tibet THE CHINESE have never really understood why the West makes such a fuss about Tibet. China has crushed Tibet, and brought in settlers to swamp its culture. But by their lights they have brought modernity and a better life to a feudal society groaning under the rule of lamas.

They call the exiled Dalai Lama a "splittist," which sounds comic to Western ears, but carries all the deep Chinese fears that forces are conspiring to split up the ancient domain of China which, throu...

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