It is okay to be ignorant...
but indifferent!
Was wiki-ing something today and suddenly came to the items about Tibet and the Tibet Issue. Not my first time browsing over these pages that I would not be able to open the links when I was in the mainland, honestly speaking, they shocked me but also turned me away for the first few times, cuz I still strongly believed that they'r just telling their side of story, until today when I was reading a pdf file about the comparison of different "sayings" towards this issue from both Beijing and Tibet sides, I had to admit that I slowly accept more of what they told, at least I couldn't believe in my textbook anymore.
I went to Tibet last summer, but I am pretty sure I am not seeing the whole picture. But also I would suggest all those people who have quite extreme viewpoint about Tibet should visit there, and judge by your own eyes and brain. I still couldn't make up my mind, but I guess it doesn't matter, what matter is the process of in pursuit of truth with courage although sometimes it usually hurts.
still, when I saw the supportors of "independance of Tibet" are promoting the boycott of Beijing 2008 Olympic, I found it cowardice.
2 Comments:
wing, you have reminded us all that chinese are not allowed to view certain webpages. but it seems now that there are too many pages for them to censor!
Jesse and Wing,
It seems to be that the censorship is under a random checks somehow. I mean certainly some really sensitive ones will be out; but others? Haha, god knows...wonder how many people they have to deploy for this task.
As for Wing...I went to Qinghai where there are a lot of Tibetans, too. I met some of them and talked to them. To me, Tibet/Tibetan is certainly not Han Chinese and like the Turkish Chinese/Uighur in XinJiang, they're different from US, the so-called Han...but afterall, even Han is a product after inter-marriages throughout the years in Chinese dynastic cycles. To me, China just can't afford to lose Tibet, not because of Tibet itself, but losing an integral part for a modern nation building.
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