Should Han Chinese be expelled from Tibet?

[NDP Newbie]

:-)

[d4dev]

Why should they be expelled from Tibet? And the question seems ambigious. Do you mean that:

1) China should retain control of Tibet, but should not settle Han Chinese people there or

2) That China should cease occupation of Tibet altogether?

[theloniusfleabag]

Dear d4dev and NDP Newbie,

After an 'off the record' discussion with a Chinese economic delagation I was privy to, I learned a few things about the Chinese. They are so used to the 'Chinese Way', they (the delegation) could not believe that Quebec could even entertain the thought of separatism. A notion like that would have been squashed, in no uncertain terms, by the military. Democracy is to be avoided at all costs by the Chinese Gov't. Their #1 trading partner status with the US would be at stake.

[NDP Newbie]

Why should they be expelled from Tibet? And the question seems ambigious. Do you mean that:

1) China should retain control of Tibet, but should not settle Han Chinese people there or

2) That China should cease occupation of Tibet altogether?

Tibetan people will never be able to reclaim their rightful homeland as long as they are -- due to imperialist Beijing policy -- its monority.

For that reason, all Han Chinese who settled in Tibet after the establishment of the People's Republic of China should be expelled, as they are nothing more than unlawful loiterers.

Those who have lived there for generations and who were well-established in Tibetan society long before the invasion (likely very few, given how closed off Tibet was from the world) have every right to continue living there.

[d4dev]

For that reason, all Han Chinese who settled in Tibet after the establishment of the People's Republic of China should be expelled, as they are nothing more than unlawful loiterers.

That means that you view the Chinese occupation of Tibet as unlawful. In any case, I agree with you. But Chinese occupation of Tibet is not going to cease any time soon. (I wonder what the US is doing for 'freedom' and 'democracy' in that part of the world)

[NDP Newbie]

Well, Bush's brother is boinking Thai sluts provided by Jiang Zemin's son.

Meanwhile, Chrétien and Clinton are likely playing golf with Chinese dignitaries.

[playfullfellow]

Bush, Martin and the rest of the world leaders for that matter have no interest in pissing off the Chinese. The fall out could be absolutely devastating and could lead to another era of cold war status. Besides, Tibet really has nothing that would be of any use to the US so there is no way the US will get involved. And if Canada asks the Chinese to leave, then they will ask us to give Canada back to the Natives, which in all reality could be considered a very similar circumstance.