Mengya Li, I do not think you understand the Tibetan situation. As you pointed out, the USA ‘propaganda’ film recognized Tibet as being part of China. Do you understand what Tibetans want? They want AUTONOMY, they want the right to have their own religious practices without governmental interference. They want to have their own determination of who will be their next reincarnated leader and not the Chinese government. Dalai Lama repeatedly said he wanted AUTONOMY and not independence.
The Christians in China also want the same thing. They want to have the freedom to determine who is their leader is and not the communist government of China.
I see you have lived in the West for a long time but I don’t think you understand individual and regional freedom.
I am Chinese by birth and an American citizen by adoption. I grew up in Spain and they have their own problems with regional problems too with the Basques and the Catalans. Much autonomy has been granted to the Catalans and the Basques by the democratic government of Spain.
China could learn from Spain. Note that China has a special administration on Hong Kong. Hong Kong still has full religious freedom that is not enjoyed in mainland China or Tibet.
The Tibetans have not been granted the human rights as enshrined in the Human Rights charter of the United Nations.
That the Tibetans have been reacting violently, when their whole religion is based on non violence, tells me that the Chinese government are doing something that is not good for the Tibetans for a long time and you should recognize that, Mengya Li. People do not just want to be fed, clothed etc. They want to retain their identity as to who they are and their culture.
