A Conversation for Tibet - Why the Chinese are There

China did not "invade" Tibet in 1959

Post 41

blackglod

>>You claimed that Yugoslavia's political history was somehow dictated by the West, though, when in fact it was set-up by the allies (including Serbia) following WWI, came under Communist influence and Communist rule after WWII, self-destructed following interal race conflicts in the 1990s and voted what was left of itself out of existence in 2006-2007. The West directly intervened in Kosovo (one small part of a Yugoslavia that had already largely carved itself up) in 1999 because Milosevic was prosecuting a policy of ethnic cleansing which threatened a refugee crisis in Western Europe and could have caused a larger war dragging-in Albania and possibly other Balkan states.

None of this in any way substantiates your claim that the West somehow created and destroyed Yugoslavia at a whim.<<

how do you explain thatthe west supported Kosova's independence?
do you believe this was their basic rights?

Yes, what you said was a fact as we all know. this was your point,but i still agree with that my point.


China did not "invade" Tibet in 1959

Post 42

Anoldgreymoonraker Free Tibet

N I thought my english was badsmiley - sadface.

Sorry but I was thinking more about the earthquakes in your country ,now are you trying to talk about a country that just yesterday voted to want to become a member of the EU? cause I am getting a bit confusauld somewhere around heresmiley - erm


China did not "invade" Tibet in 1959

Post 43

blackglod

>>N I thought my english was badsadface .

Sorry but I was thinking more about the earthquakes in your country ,now are you trying to talk about a country that just yesterday voted to want to become a member of the EU? cause I am getting a bit confusauld somewhere around hereerm <<

Yeah, a great earthquake were happened in the Sichuan provinces of China and have died 12012 people who were confirmated today.i have to read news in the net in the company and watch TV in my home to care for this natural disasters.we we pray for the people in the disasters areas, silence fot the vicitims. i believe our government will do it well.


China did not "invade" Tibet in 1959

Post 44

HonestIago

>>how do you explain that the west supported Kosova's independence?<<

First of all "the West" doesn't do anything as a monolithic entity, and it's absurd to think otherwise. It'd be like saying "Asia supports communism" because a number of Asian nations are under communist governments.

A number of important European nations haven't recognised Kosovan independence: Spain, Portugal, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Romania and Greece have all refused to recognise the declaration of independence.

As for why countries like France, the UK and USA supported Kosovan independence - I'm not certain but I believe the main reason was that Kosovo was already effectively independent from Serbia and had been since the start of the century. The vast majority of the citizens wanted independence and were unhappy remaining part of Serbia, a country which had committed ethnic cleansing twice in a decade against them. Countries recognising Kosovan independence aren't supporting Kosovo per se, but the rights of its citizens to decide their destiny.

The age of Yugoslavia as a big, multi-ethnic state had died and, with the exception of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Vojvodina province of Serbia, the successor states are basically monoethnic. Kosovo was the final piece of the jigsaw.

>>do you believe this was their basic rights?<<

What I or Zagreb believe might be very different to the actions of our state and it'd be a serious error to confuse the two. Personally I can understand why Kosovans wanted to secede from Serbia, and I saw their referedum on independence as them expressing their basic rights. Whether I believe they made the right choice is a different question altogther.


China did not "invade" Tibet in 1959

Post 45

JayLiu

Now the Tibetans are slaves of the Heneanese and anhui barbarians.


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