Shortly after Mar 14, the first reaction when I heard the news was confusion. Why did they protest with violence when they now live a much better life than before? Obviously, that is not the image seen by western media. The big gap between what's claimed by Chinese and western world made me dig deeper into the issue.
The whole thing looks like a big conspiracy. Linking politics to Olympics, decorate fancy stories with fake pictures, lies, selective reporting and ignorance. The media make me sick. They have exhibited enough bias during the democratic election, and this time they prove that they can still do much worse.
The slogan of "Free Tibet" shows, to some extent, a lack of consideration. Does it mean that Dalai Lama and monks should again rule the country, and put 95% of the population in serf status as they had been doing until 55 years ago? Freedom is such an appealing concept that we very often ignore the difference between an independent sovereign and freedom of individuals. For me, supporting a government that rules OUT freedom of its people can never be a just course. In the case of Tibet, that kind of ruling was what the exile government was doing, and probably planned to continue if Chinese government did not intervene. Even today, I have no confidence that the returning Dalai Lama actually has a clear plan on how to govern modernly and differently.
A repeated counter-argument against the “freedom” advocates is that if Native Americans feel they might be better off on their own, will U.S. legislation approve their petition to free and form their own country at the proposed "Lakota"? Talking about democracy and freedom as much as they want, the old ugly truth still holds in this case. When it comes to matters of other regions, countries, or continents, the unspoken language is always economic and political benefits every nation wants to take into their own pockets.
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