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<p>[QUOTE="coin dexter, post: 1670879, member: 22626"]LOL...This is a 1919 Tipet rupee L&M-363 and kinda rare. Tibet is now ruled by China but Tibet refuses to except that as a fact. The coin boasts a Tibet Monk on the obverse of the coin. It was kinda like a trade dollar for Tibet and is silver....DEX</p><p><br /></p><p>[h=1]Tibet suffers as China seeks its ‘modernization’[/h]<a href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?author=284" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?author=284" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c71f76d416136415321b08a6da971ce9?s=40&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D40&r=G" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>by: <a href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?author=284" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?author=284" rel="nofollow">Erik Johnson</a> on March 21, 2013</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">inShare0</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=2586120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=2586120" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://cdn.printfriendly.com/pf-print-icon.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><font size="3">Print <img src="http://cdn.printfriendly.com/pf-pdf-icon.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />PDF</font></a></p><p>In his recent lecture in the Union Theater, author and activist Jamyang Norbu lamented the comparisons between the degradation of Tibetan society under Chinese rule and the degradation of Native American societies after having been forced onto reservations. </p><p>The comparison does not do justice to the dire situation in Tibet, he said. While the alcoholism and abuse plaguing Native American communities can be partially attributed to the sudden introduction of alcohol to their societies, Tibetans were actually a drinking people prior to the Chinese occupation. For this reason, the dramatic increase in alcoholism and domestic abuse in Tibet under Chinese rule is all the more indicative of the bleak outlook among Tibetans and the degree to which they have been oppressed.</p><p>Like the above comparison, another parallel is similarly illustrative. Both Tibet and numerous Arab countries suffer similar ills: economic inequality, poverty, unemployment, human rights abuses, abusive governments, political corruption and restless, dissatisfied youth. In December 2010, with rising frustration over these issues as a backdrop, one man’s self-immolation set the Arab world aflame in regime-shattering protests and unrest — an unruly time subsequently dubbed the Arab Spring. </p><p>Remarkably, though, after 109 Tibetan self-immolations within China (including Chinese-controlled Tibet) since 2009, little has been said and less (read: “nothing”) has been done about the sad situation in Tibet.</p><p>In comparison to the pervasive coverage of the Arab Spring, the response to the Tibetan unrest has been muted to say the least — not because of lack of interest, though, but because of the Chinese government’s insistence on an utterly repressed, oppressed and broken Tibet. </p><p>Little information other than the Communist Party line emerges from Tibet because — as Human Rights Watch has documented — foreign press is not allowed within Tibet. According to Norbu, Lhasa — the capitol city — is the most heavily policed city in the world. Public gatherings of more than three people are banned within Lhasa. Without accusations of wrongdoing, several hundred Tibetans have been and continue to be forcibly expelled from Lhasa merely because they are from parts of Tibet that are particularly troublesome for the Chinese to subjugate. </p><p>Dissenters, which can mean anyone merely suspected of dissent, are often jailed as political prisoners. Torture, sleep and food deprivation and extensive stays in isolation cells are well-documented “punishments” for dissenters because the Chinese government’s goal is not to keep the peace, but to manufacture peace by psychologically breaking the Tibetan opposition.</p><p>It seems the Chinese presumably seek not only to rule Tibet but to “modernize” (read: “eliminate”) Tibetan cultural traditions. Accordingly, as Human Rights Watch noted, the self-immolations are not acts of despair but “symbolic act<strike> of defiance that undermine the [Chinese] government’s claim that Tibetans are grateful for Chinese policies … and that the situation is ‘stable.’ ” </strike></p><p><strike>Tibetans protest the subjugation of their culture and repression of their religion. They protest the government’s choice of Chinese as the official language — if that possibility was even open at all — which is a choice further preventing Tibetans from participating in their governance. They object to the fact that no Tibetan serves a leadership role in the faction of the military that presides over Tibet. They protest the patronizing resettlement and “modernization” of thousands of Tibetan nomads — a (formerly) common occupation in large swaths of Tibet — which many people see, along with the recently built Qinghai-Tibet railway, as a guise to permit easier extraction access to the vast mineral deposits in Tibet’s interior.</strike></p><p><strike>Thus, it’s easy to see why even the most ardent advocates for Tibet, such as Norbu and the Dalai Lama, are pessimistic about the prospects of change there. For many Tibetans, including the Dalai Lama, pleas are no longer for independence but merely some degree of self-determination and autonomy or, at the least, good-faith talks with the Chinese. </strike></p><p><strike>Although Tibet was undoubtedly far from an ideal nation prior to the Chinese occupation, its people surely deserve some degree of freedom and human rights. As Norbu said, we in the West should abandon our misguided, almost imperialistic fear of the loss of “Tibet: the repository of a secret wisdom to save a materialistic and self-destructive West” and, instead, champion the truly honorable cause of “Tibet: the nation of Tibetans.”</strike></p><p><strike>Contact Erik Johnson at <a href="mailto:solarflowerman@gmail.com">solarflowerman@gmail.com</a></strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike>Related posts:</strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike> <ol> <li><a href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=36354" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=36354" rel="nofollow">Students protest China’s occupation of Tibet</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=67184" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=67184" rel="nofollow">Protestors clash over China Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=42520" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=42520" rel="nofollow">Bailey: Support peaceful protests in China</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=60246" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=60246" rel="nofollow">Tibetan monk visits U to promote freedom</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=8422" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=8422" rel="nofollow">U Program Aids Women in Tibet</a></li> </ol><p></strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike><font size="2"><b>Short URL</b>: <a href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=2586120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=2586120" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=2586120</a></font></strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike><font size="2"><img src="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c71f76d416136415321b08a6da971ce9?s=39&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D39&r=G" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font> Posted by <a href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?author=284" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?author=284" rel="nofollow">Erik Johnson</a> on Mar 21 2013. 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[QUOTE="coin dexter, post: 1670879, member: 22626"]LOL...This is a 1919 Tipet rupee L&M-363 and kinda rare. Tibet is now ruled by China but Tibet refuses to except that as a fact. The coin boasts a Tibet Monk on the obverse of the coin. It was kinda like a trade dollar for Tibet and is silver....DEX [h=1]Tibet suffers as China seeks its ‘modernization’[/h][URL="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?author=284"][IMG]http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c71f76d416136415321b08a6da971ce9?s=40&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D40&r=G[/IMG][/URL] by: [URL="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?author=284"]Erik Johnson[/URL] on March 21, 2013 [CENTER][URL="javascript:void(0);"]inShare[/URL]0[/CENTER] [URL="http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=2586120"][IMG]http://cdn.printfriendly.com/pf-print-icon.gif[/IMG][SIZE=3]Print [IMG]http://cdn.printfriendly.com/pf-pdf-icon.gif[/IMG]PDF[/SIZE][/URL] In his recent lecture in the Union Theater, author and activist Jamyang Norbu lamented the comparisons between the degradation of Tibetan society under Chinese rule and the degradation of Native American societies after having been forced onto reservations. The comparison does not do justice to the dire situation in Tibet, he said. While the alcoholism and abuse plaguing Native American communities can be partially attributed to the sudden introduction of alcohol to their societies, Tibetans were actually a drinking people prior to the Chinese occupation. For this reason, the dramatic increase in alcoholism and domestic abuse in Tibet under Chinese rule is all the more indicative of the bleak outlook among Tibetans and the degree to which they have been oppressed. Like the above comparison, another parallel is similarly illustrative. Both Tibet and numerous Arab countries suffer similar ills: economic inequality, poverty, unemployment, human rights abuses, abusive governments, political corruption and restless, dissatisfied youth. In December 2010, with rising frustration over these issues as a backdrop, one man’s self-immolation set the Arab world aflame in regime-shattering protests and unrest — an unruly time subsequently dubbed the Arab Spring. Remarkably, though, after 109 Tibetan self-immolations within China (including Chinese-controlled Tibet) since 2009, little has been said and less (read: “nothing”) has been done about the sad situation in Tibet. In comparison to the pervasive coverage of the Arab Spring, the response to the Tibetan unrest has been muted to say the least — not because of lack of interest, though, but because of the Chinese government’s insistence on an utterly repressed, oppressed and broken Tibet. Little information other than the Communist Party line emerges from Tibet because — as Human Rights Watch has documented — foreign press is not allowed within Tibet. According to Norbu, Lhasa — the capitol city — is the most heavily policed city in the world. Public gatherings of more than three people are banned within Lhasa. Without accusations of wrongdoing, several hundred Tibetans have been and continue to be forcibly expelled from Lhasa merely because they are from parts of Tibet that are particularly troublesome for the Chinese to subjugate. Dissenters, which can mean anyone merely suspected of dissent, are often jailed as political prisoners. Torture, sleep and food deprivation and extensive stays in isolation cells are well-documented “punishments” for dissenters because the Chinese government’s goal is not to keep the peace, but to manufacture peace by psychologically breaking the Tibetan opposition. It seems the Chinese presumably seek not only to rule Tibet but to “modernize” (read: “eliminate”) Tibetan cultural traditions. Accordingly, as Human Rights Watch noted, the self-immolations are not acts of despair but “symbolic act[s] of defiance that undermine the [Chinese] government’s claim that Tibetans are grateful for Chinese policies … and that the situation is ‘stable.’ ” Tibetans protest the subjugation of their culture and repression of their religion. They protest the government’s choice of Chinese as the official language — if that possibility was even open at all — which is a choice further preventing Tibetans from participating in their governance. They object to the fact that no Tibetan serves a leadership role in the faction of the military that presides over Tibet. They protest the patronizing resettlement and “modernization” of thousands of Tibetan nomads — a (formerly) common occupation in large swaths of Tibet — which many people see, along with the recently built Qinghai-Tibet railway, as a guise to permit easier extraction access to the vast mineral deposits in Tibet’s interior. Thus, it’s easy to see why even the most ardent advocates for Tibet, such as Norbu and the Dalai Lama, are pessimistic about the prospects of change there. For many Tibetans, including the Dalai Lama, pleas are no longer for independence but merely some degree of self-determination and autonomy or, at the least, good-faith talks with the Chinese. Although Tibet was undoubtedly far from an ideal nation prior to the Chinese occupation, its people surely deserve some degree of freedom and human rights. As Norbu said, we in the West should abandon our misguided, almost imperialistic fear of the loss of “Tibet: the repository of a secret wisdom to save a materialistic and self-destructive West” and, instead, champion the truly honorable cause of “Tibet: the nation of Tibetans.” Contact Erik Johnson at [EMAIL="solarflowerman@gmail.com"]solarflowerman@gmail.com[/EMAIL] Related posts: [LIST=1] [*][URL="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=36354"]Students protest China’s occupation of Tibet[/URL] [*][URL="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=67184"]Protestors clash over China Olympics[/URL] [*][URL="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=42520"]Bailey: Support peaceful protests in China[/URL] [*][URL="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=60246"]Tibetan monk visits U to promote freedom[/URL] [*][URL="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=8422"]U Program Aids Women in Tibet[/URL] [/LIST] [SIZE=2][B]Short URL[/B]: [url]http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?p=2586120[/url][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][IMG]http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c71f76d416136415321b08a6da971ce9?s=39&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D39&r=G[/IMG][/SIZE] Posted by [URL="http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/?author=284"]Erik Johnson[/URL] on Mar 21 2013. 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