The Future of Tibet:
The Dalai Lama's role as an international celebrity, and Nobel peace prize winner, has strengthened the Tibetan cause in recent years. Portrayal of the Dalai Lama in the media, and in movies such as Seven Years in Tibet has successfully publicized the movement. It has furthermore put international pressure on China. Viewed by the outside world as an oppressor of a peaceful people, China is constantly criticized by foreign advocates and governments. This has affected China's relations with other nations. In 1993 the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of conditioning China's "most-favored-nation" status, allowing lower tariff rates. The action stated that unless China complied with the release of Tibetan prisoners, incarcerated for nonviolent expression of religion, their status would be revoked. This, along with numerous other sanctions from outside governments, have severely limited Chinese foreign policy. They can no longer get away with human rights violations without fear of economic repercussions.
The Dalai Lama's actions have also resulted in internal pressure in China. Numerous protests by Tibetan nationalists have taken form around the actions of the Dalai Lama. As recently as 2008 conflict in China has resulted on pressure to the government by Tibetans. On March 10, 2008, around five hundred monks of the Drepung monastery, attempted to march into the center of Lhasa in honor of the 49th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan revolt. They were stopped by the Chinese police, with some arrested and beaten. Meanwhile, another monks from another monastery, the Sera, were arrested in Lhasa for carrying the Tibetan Flag. Six hundred monks from Sera arrived the next day to demand the release of the ot...
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...t has been relatively ignored by the Chinese. Instead, they have taken to hard-line tactics to combat Tibetan nationalism. They hope to limit the influence of Tibetan culture as they wait for the already elderly Tenzin Gyatso to die. If the Dalai Lama seeks to solve the crisis before he dies, he needs to get China's attention, and focus on not losing the support of young Tibetan nationalists.
The future of the role of the Dalai Lama itself is uncertain. Tenzin Gyatso has stated that it us up to him on whether or not he will reincarnate after his death. Seeing the title as a remnant of the past, he is not sure if a Dalai Lama is even needed in the modern era. He sees democracy as capable of taking his place. However, the Dalai Lama has become a figure for more than just Tibet. He represents a peaceful humanistic approach in a world so dominated by violence and power.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the dalai lama's role as an international celebrity and nobel peace prize winner has strengthened the tibetan cause in recent years.
- Analyzes how the dalai lama's actions have resulted in internal pressure in china. the chinese retaliated with police and military force, killing fifty to one hundred tibetans and injuring many more.
- Analyzes how the dalai lama's role in tibetan history has changed since its formation. the role of religion in tibet became intertwined with politics.
- Analyzes how the dalai lama's role as an international celebrity and nobel peace prize winner has strengthened the tibetan cause in recent years.
- Analyzes how the dalai lama's actions have resulted in internal pressure in china. the chinese retaliated with police and military force, killing fifty to one hundred tibetans and injuring many more.
- Analyzes how the dalai lama's role in tibetan history has changed since its formation. the role of religion in tibet became intertwined with politics.
- Analyzes how china's attempt to incorporate tibet within its borders ignores the significance of the dalai lama. they believed that through communist indoctrination and political reform his influence would wane.
- Opines that if the dalai lama seeks to end the conflict, he must seek new methods. his adherence to the middle way may have gained international support, but it has been relatively ignored by the chinese.
- Opines that the dalai lama's future is uncertain. tenzin gyatso sees the title as a remnant of the past.
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- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lamaexplanatory essayOver the past few decades, there have been many political problems in Tibet. This can be attributed to the ongoing problem between Tibet and China. Tibet had previously, for many years, been faced with occupation by the forces of the People's Republic of China in their land. This was very alarming to many people, including the highly respected Dalai Lama of Tibet. The Dalai Lama has been a very influential person in Tibet's history and many of the decisions he has made have directly affected the outcome of certain situations pertaining to the relationship between Tibet and China.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that there have been many political problems in tibet due to the ongoing problem between tibet and china.
- Explains that the dalai lama, in tibetan buddhism, is a lineage of reborn magistrates which traces back to the year 1391.
- Explains that the current dalai lama was born as lhamo thondup, the son of choekyong and diki tsering
- Explains that there have been many political problems in tibet due to the ongoing problem between tibet and china.
- Explains that the dalai lama, in tibetan buddhism, is a lineage of reborn magistrates which traces back to the year 1391.
- Explains that the current dalai lama was born as lhamo thondup, the son of choekyong and diki tsering
- Narrates how the dalai lama began his monastic education at the age of six and was unhappy during his adolescent years. the regent allowed him to sneak away to spend time with his parents.
- Explains that dalai lama was considered the spiritual and temporal leader of tibet when he was 15 years old. he set up delegations and negotiations with the chinese, but armed resistance began growing as the people's republic of china overtook tibet.
- Explains that the government of tibet charged taxes, issued its own currency, ran its postal system, commanded tibet's small army, and generally conducted all government affairs.
- Explains that the people's republic of china thought they were the way to reform tibet.
- Explains that the people's republic of china was established after the chinese civil war ended in 1949 with the communist party in control. the prc has been regarded as authoritarian, communist, and socialist.
- Explains that the dalai lama sent a delegation to beijing in hopes of making peaceful negotiations between tibet and china. the seventeen point agreement for the peaceful liberation of tibet was established in 1951.
- Argues that china's rule over tibet goes back to events that occurred hundreds of years ago during the mongol imperial expansion. the chinese communist government claims it has a right to "ownership" of tibet.
- Describes how the dalai lama fled tibet and went into exile in dharamsala, india, where he set up his headquarters. over 100,000 impoverished refugees followed him.
- Explains that the dalai lama rehabilitated the tibetan refugees who had followed him into india with agricultural settlements and created a tibetan educational system. unfortunately, many tibetans died by the chinese, wounds, malnutrition, cold, and disease.
- Explains that while the dalai lama was in exile in india, he met with india's prime minister, jawaharlal nehru, to urge india to pressure china into giving tibet an autonomous government
- Explains that the dalai lama proposed a five-point peace plan in 1987 at the congressional human rights caucus in washington, d.c.
- Opines that china's population transfer policy threatens the very existence of the tibetan people. respect for fundamental human rights and democratic freedoms.
- Describes how the dalai lama expanded on the five-point peace plan and proposed the creation of a self-governing democratic tibet.
- Opines that the dalai lama's main goal is for tibet to be a democratic state.
- Explains that the dalai lama won the nobel peace prize in 1989 for his struggle for the liberation of tibet without the use of violence. he has advocated for peaceful solutions despite chinese aggression.
- Explains that dalai lama's philosophy is to live a peaceful, nonviolent life. he believes that tolerance is the medicine for hatred in the heart and for violence.
- Explains that the dalai lama has been a very influential person in tibet. his decisions have affected hundreds of thousands of people.
1974 wordsRead More - Communism in Buddhist Tibetanalytical essayTibet was once a nation steeped in a rich religious culture that sought to spread Buddhism and happiness for all souls on earth. Today’s Tibetan Buddhist culture is merely a shadow of what it once was. Following the Chinese Communist invasion in 1950, Tibet went from what was once known as the “roof of the world” to being a region controlled by China. The Chinese government considers Tibet as a region they have held sovereignty over for centuries. However, the Dalai Lama refutes this claim and states that Tibet was independent of China and was colonized over time. Under China’s oppressive red thumb, the Tibetan people suffered starvation, exploitation, and the destruction of their culture. The Chinese government tried to secularize Tibet and forcefully push the state toward modernization at the cost of the Tibetan people. They raised crop yields as a result of the exploitation of their land, destroyed Tibetan monasteries and nunneries, killed many monks and nuns, and forced what survivors were left either into exile or to return back to their home villages. China states that they acknowledge the repression caused by the Chinese government and that they’re working toward helping Tibet to revive their Buddhist culture. However, today’s Tibetan monasteries have been reduced to mere tourist attractions for the Chinese government to make money off of unsuspecting tourists. Most Tibetan monks are forced to travel elsewhere to fully functioning monasteries in order to have the freedom to practice their religion. Despite Tibet’s cries for independence from Communist China, the international community has responded by not denying claims that Tibet is an autonomous region of China. As we go through the hardships that Tibetan culture had to ...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that tibet was once a rich religious culture that sought to spread buddhism and happiness for all souls on earth. the dalai lama refutes this claim.
- Opines that the cultural revolution profoundly affected the tibetan people's culture and way of life.
- Explains that before the revolution, tibet's social classes were divided into upper and lower classes of nobles and common people.
- Explains that tibet was once a rich religious culture that sought to spread buddhism and happiness for all souls on earth. the dalai lama refutes this claim.
- Opines that the cultural revolution profoundly affected the tibetan people's culture and way of life.
- Explains that before the revolution, tibet's social classes were divided into upper and lower classes of nobles and common people.
- Explains how the chinese re-constructed the social order of tibet, and distributed the land among the tibetans, transforming it into a "socialist society."
- Explains that there have been contentions among chinese intellectuals regarding the tibet issue. wei jingsheng, liu xiaobo, wang lixiong, and many others tried to end repression in tibet
- Explains that there have been organizations formed for the purpose of improving relations between china and tibet, as well as implement talks to introduce human rights for tibet.
- Explains that there were many lawyers who offered to serve tibetans who were sentenced to appear in chinese courts. li fangping represented a tibetan monk in court and won the trial.
- Explains that under chinese rule, people in tibet are not allowed to take part in actions deemed illegal by chinese authorities, such as hanging pictures of the dalai lama.
- Explains that many tibetans feel forcibly estranged from their language, culture, and religion by repressive chinese policies that have intensified since a wave of protests engulfed the region in 2008.
- Opines that unless repressions cease, there will continue to be self-immolation of tibetans and they will never be able to live and worship freely.
- Analyzes farkas, julie, and richard, "religion in the life and landscape of tibet." american geographical society's focus on geography.
- Analyzes jacobs, andrew, and the new york times article, "chinese police said to fire on tibetans."
- Analyzes kols, shild's work on "class" in tibet: creating social order before and during the mao era.
- Explains that tibetan buddhism began in the 8th century with the arrival of shantarakshita and padmasambhava, who established the samye monastery.
- Explains how the chinese invaded tibet in 1950 and forcibly convinced it to sign the peaceful liberation agreement of 1951.
- States bradsher, henry, "tibet struggles to survive." foreign affairs. 1 july 1969.
2908 wordsRead More - Celebrities and their Tibetopinion essayBefore any of these questions can be answered though, one must first know the origin of the conflicts between the two regions as well as the history of the Free Tibetan Movement. As said above, Tibet used to be a place that not many people knew about. This made it much easier for the Chinese government to come in and take control of the people and the land without much protest from the outside world. In fact even if other countries, like bordering India, had known, not much would have been done. This is because no nation had ever recognized Tibet as an independent country. Rather, it was the events that followed which caused the uproar. According to defected citizens of Tibet that traveled to India and then dispersed throughout the world, the Chinese started a form of spiritual cleansing. Monks and spiritual leaders that would not follow their ground rules were detained, captured or killed. The lama's of the Tibetan people were either taken as political prisoners or exiled. However, there are also those that said that some of this never happened.
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- Questions whether the most common celebrity interpretation of the events that occurred is actually happening over in the china and tibetan region.
- Analyzes how china appointed new religious and political leaders, or lama's, to positions that had previously been appointed and filled by delegates. the sect of tibet wanted fair treatment if they were part of the chinese republic.
- Opines that the chinese government is questioning the free tibet movement's claim, stating that it is not the hidden away-lost continent it used to be.
- Questions whether the most common celebrity interpretation of the events that occurred is actually happening over in the china and tibetan region.
- Analyzes how china appointed new religious and political leaders, or lama's, to positions that had previously been appointed and filled by delegates. the sect of tibet wanted fair treatment if they were part of the chinese republic.
- Opines that the chinese government is questioning the free tibet movement's claim, stating that it is not the hidden away-lost continent it used to be.
- Opines that the celebrity backup has helped the tibetan cause, but many of these things are not necessarily along the lines of the plight of tibetans.
- Introduces barber, noel, from the land of lost content: the dalai lama's fight for tibet.
- Explains that tibet was a mystical land that few people knew about, but celebrities have come out in force to make it the center of attention.
1717 wordsRead More - China and Tibetopinion essayThe issue is about China and Tibet, Should or shouldn’t Tibetan Exile Refugees change their peaceful approach toward China by appealing to sympathetic nations to militarily force China out of Tibet? During the 1600’s Tibet was a very powerful country and the Dalai Lama was introduced as the leader or Tibet. China controlled Tibet in the Early 1700’s. The British arrived in Tibet in 1904 to help them overcome China. They signed a treaty, and set up trading posts. China controlled Tibet until 1911, when Tibet kicked out Chinese troops. Even after 1911, China still claimed Tibet as an area within the Chinese domain. In the 1920’s the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama fought over political affairs. Panchen Lama left Tibet and went to China with his court and stayed there until he died in 1937. A new Panchen Lama was introduced in 1944, But wasn’t introduced to Tibet until 1949. The Dalai Lama died in 1933. A boy was introduced as his successor, according to the customs of Tibet. The boy was a peasant, who was officially introduced as the Dalai Lama in 1940. Communists took over China in 1949. In 1950 China entered Tibet. In 1951 Tibet signed a treaty with China saying that they surrender to the Chinese government, but still had the rights to regional self-government. In 1956 the Preparatory Committee for the Tibetan Autonomous region was made with the Dalai Lama as chairman, and the Panchen Lama and a Chinese general were the vice-chairman. The Committee was made...
In this essay, the author
- Opines that tibetan exile refugees should change their peaceful approach toward china by appealing to sympathetic nations to militarily force china out of tibet.
- Describes how the panchen lama's preparatory committee established tibet as an autonomous region. the chinese government loosened their restrictions in the 1980s.
- Opines that tibet shouldn't go into war with china and ask for military assistance from another country.
- Opines that tibetan exile refugees should change their peaceful approach toward china by appealing to sympathetic nations to militarily force china out of tibet.
- Describes how the panchen lama's preparatory committee established tibet as an autonomous region. the chinese government loosened their restrictions in the 1980s.
- Opines that tibet shouldn't go into war with china and ask for military assistance from another country.
- Opines that tibetans are being taken advantage of by the chinese because of their religion, which is one reason why they should fight back.
- Opines that staying peaceful and making an agreement between two conflicting countries is the safer and better way. tibet should keep waiting and china could change their view after a certain period.
886 wordsRead More - Is China's Claim to Tibet Justified?analytical essayAs much as I would like to take a neutral approach to the Tibetan-Chinese issue, I am concerned it is simply impossible. I remember when I first read Patric French's “Tibet, Tibet. A personal history of a lost land”. I was in my dorm room up all night, shivers constantly running down my spine, from time to time tears running down the cheeks too, I have to confess. Back then I did not know what exactly was going on in this remote and mysterious country, apart from that it is under Chinese occupation and the people are looking for liberation.* But when I read the book I instantly empathized with the story of Tibet. This is probably due to the fact that Estonia, my home country, once was in a similar desperate situation, being succumbed to the power of the Eastern neighbor. Luckily for Estonia, she managed to gain independence from Russia in 1918 though it officially had belonged to the Russian Empire as the Governorate of Estonia since the end of the Great Northern War, 1721 by the treaty of Nystad. Thus, it is even more intriguing, why Tibet, which has never by any kind of treaty or agreement belonged to China1, is still under the foreign rule and has to struggle for independence?
In this essay, the author
- Describes how they empathized with the story of tibet when they read french's "tibet, tibet. a personal history of a lost land."
- Explains that there is no evidence that tibet "has been since the very ancient times an inseparable part of chinese territory" and that the david and goliath myth has not become into life.
- Explains that tibet has had its own form of government and religious and social customs for centuries. china is furious about buss' statement.
- Describes how they empathized with the story of tibet when they read french's "tibet, tibet. a personal history of a lost land."
- Explains that there is no evidence that tibet "has been since the very ancient times an inseparable part of chinese territory" and that the david and goliath myth has not become into life.
- Explains that tibet has had its own form of government and religious and social customs for centuries. china is furious about buss' statement.
- Explains that songtsen gampo conquered nepal, burma, india, and tibet became a real empire in 617. he married the chinese bride in 641.
- Analyzes how the next moot point in the tussle over tibet comes from the year 821, when trisong detsen became a new king and conquered qinghai, gansu and mongolia.
- Opines that if china wants this theory to be taken more seriously, she should keep an eye on the literature publish on tibet's history.
- Explains the qing dynasty's power was relatively weak and mongolians were backing tibet. tibet enjoyed a peaceful atmosphere.
- Explains that the beginning of the 18th century saw china becoming stronger and mongolia losing its sway. the chinese invaded in 1720 on the pretext of defending tibet from invaders.
- Analyzes how the two chinese ambans residing in lhasa were a good excuse for china to prove that they administrated tibet.
- Explains that china lost her patience after almost forty years and came to accomplish the unfinished job of enslavement and suffering for tibet.
- Argues that the new generation of tibetans will lose their national identity and with time tibet will become fully sinocized.
- Opines that while tibetans are losing their tibetanness, western countries seem to lose the political interest towards the issue.
- Concludes that finding an answer to the question if china's claims to tibet are justified, is pointless.
- Explains the international commission of jurists, geneva 1959, on tibet and the rule of law.
- Explains the international commission of jurists, geneva 1959, on tibet and the rule of law.
- Opines that no man's land: real and imaginary tibet. g. gyatso. the tibet journal vol.
2098 wordsRead More - Lama's Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatsoexplanatory essayThe China-Tibet conflict is often viewed as an ethnic and/or religious conflict. This is understandable, given the prominence of ethnicity and religion in the conflict . Moreover, the Chinese government has a history of persecuting religious movements, especially those which draw large numbers of followers and which have the potential to transform into political movements that could potentially threaten the regime's hold on power. Tibetan Buddhism has this kind of following and transformative
In this essay, the author
- Describes the dalai lama as a simple tibetan buddhist monk who is the spiritual leader of tibet.
- Explains that his holiness assumed full political power after china's invasion of tibet in 1949/50 and went to beijing for peace talks with mao zedong and other chinese leaders.
- Explains that his holiness the dalai lama is a man of peace. he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1989 for his non-violent struggle for the liberation of tibet.
- Describes the dalai lama as a simple tibetan buddhist monk who is the spiritual leader of tibet.
- Explains that his holiness assumed full political power after china's invasion of tibet in 1949/50 and went to beijing for peace talks with mao zedong and other chinese leaders.
- Explains that his holiness the dalai lama is a man of peace. he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1989 for his non-violent struggle for the liberation of tibet.
- States that his holiness has travelled to more than 67 countries spanning 6 continents. he has received over 150 awards, honorary doctorates, prizes, etc., in recognition of his message of peace, non-violence, inter-religious understanding, universal responsibility and compassion.
- Explains that his holiness has held dialogues with heads of different religions and participated in many events promoting inter-religious harmony and understanding.
- Explains the dalai lama's shift from being a traditional local leader to becoming an international figure.
- Explains that after the death of the 13th dalai lama in 1933, political upheaval characterized much of tibet until a new religious candidate could be found.
- Explains that the china-tibet conflict is often viewed as an ethnic and/or religious conflict. the chinese government has a history of persecuting religious movements.
- Explains that relations between tibetan buddhism and communist china worsened during the 1950s. after the imprisonment of the panchen lama, china no longer felt restrained by its earlier promises.
- Explains that tensions between tibet and china increased in the late 1980s until violence climaxed in early 1989 with the deaths of many protesting tibetans by police fire.
861 wordsRead More - The Tibetan Genocideanalytical essayMany Tibetans are arrested and put through such treatment with little to no evidence supporting them as criminals. In a sudden “clampdown” that started in February of 1992, groups of ten Chinese raided Tibetan homes in Lhasa arresting more than 200 people. Those arrested were said to be in possession of “subversive materials, such as photographs, and tapes or books containing speeches or teachings of the Dalai Lama” (Kumar, 77).
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- Explains that the chinese have repeatedly tortured, imprisoned and murdered tibetans for what they claim is national unity. the oppression of the tibetan people began in the 1950’s with the invasion of china.
- Explains that a precise definition of genocide was instituted by the general assembly of the united nations in 1948.
- Explains china's policy of political imprisonment is a clear act of genocide. it is used to incite bodily and mental harm and inflict conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of the tibetan people.
- Explains that the chinese have repeatedly tortured, imprisoned and murdered tibetans for what they claim is national unity. the oppression of the tibetan people began in the 1950’s with the invasion of china.
- Explains that a precise definition of genocide was instituted by the general assembly of the united nations in 1948.
- Explains china's policy of political imprisonment is a clear act of genocide. it is used to incite bodily and mental harm and inflict conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of the tibetan people.
- Opines that torture and ill-treatment remain widespread and systemic in china, and that many acts which constitute torture are not offenses under the law.
- Explains that tibetans are arrested and put through such treatment with little to no evidence supporting them as criminals. in 1992, chinese raided tibetan homes in lhasa arresting more than 200 people.
- Argues that china justifies its human rights violations by committing acts of genocide within the prison system.
- Analyzes how the tibet information network's study of 879 cases showed that the largest counterrevolutionary offenses were demonstrating and distributing leaflets.
- Explains that once arrested for crimes of counterrevolution prisoners are either placed in police lock-up or in one of the many detention centers found throughout tibet. prisoners may be held without charge for three months or longer while their cases are under investigation.
- Explains that torture is the most common form of interrogating prisoners in the detention centers. the 1996 white paper on human rights noted that in 1994 there were 409 cases of extorting confessions
- Explains that the un convention against torture act requires china to prevent, forbid, and criminalize all acts of torture. however, torture is limited to "torture to coerce a statement or corporal punishment or abuse by judicial officers."
- Explains that the laojiao system is a heinous form of detaining prisoners through forced labor and living conditions. on the fortieth anniversary of the system, it had taken in over 2.5 million people throughout china.
- Explains jampel tsering's account of the detention center of gutsa and the re-education through labor center in drapchi are prime examples of genocide the chinese commit daily.
- Narrates how they were physically searched and then taken to their cells. the chinese deliberately made an assortment of all the bits of food that were just thrown on the floor or left over.
- Analyzes jampel's experience in a chinese prison system. he was beaten with an electric baton for possessing prayer beads and shocked on the mouth for fifteen minutes.
- Explains that prisoners are detained and tortured without being brought before a court of law. lack of due process in the chinese legal system allows for such conditions.
- Explains that the structure of the chinese legal system ensures that most arrested tibetans are found guilty of a crime, whether they committed it or not.
- Explains that serious bodily and mental harm, as well as the conditions of life inflicted on the tibetans, are not the only acts of genocide the chinese commit.
- Explains that sterilization is the chief form of birth control in tibet, similar to the coercion that is used to extort confessions from prisoners.
- Argues that china's policies regarding births in tibet are the same for all chinese people, but there is no legitimate reason for population control. the population density of tibet is one-hundredth that of china.
- Analyzes the unsettling aspects of china's birth control policy in tibet, such as infanticide. the patriotic desire of some tibetan women is overrun by the buddhist sentiment of seeing killing as the highest crime.
- Argues that chinese policies that deny reproductive rights to tibetan women are in place as another attempt to rid the world of the tibetan society.
- Opines that the influx of chinese into tibet is another means of effectively destroying tibetans as a class of people.
- Explains that the chinese government is doing everything in its power to ensure that chinese citizens move to tibet and start families there.
- Explains that tibet's ethnic composition and culture are in danger. the dalai lama sees the transference of chinese into tibet as seriously endangering the culture, religion, and language of these people.
- Analyzes how an eleven-year-old elementary school student articulates the loss of identity among the tibetan people due to chinese laws.
- Analyzes how the chinese epitomize genocide by targeting the tibetan people as a specific ethnic group and destroying their culture through criminal and non-criminal means.
- Explains that while chinese citizens receive many economic benefits to live in tibet, the tibetans themselves reap nothing and are often forced into labor.
- Explains that a project using compulsory labor was the building of an irrigation canal from risure to nedong and then to lhoka. while chinese citizens doing similar work were paid wages, the tibetans were forced to work without pay to benefit "their" land.
- Explains that prisoners are forced to mine borax and the lhasa ngachen hydro-electric plant was built with prison labor. while this labor kills and tortures the tibetan people, it is extremely beneficial to the chinese.
- Explains the chinese government's approach to eradicating tibetan peoples and their traditional ways of life through stifling religious beliefs.
- Explains that monks and nuns are imprisoned for following their beliefs. traditional buddhist rituals, and political indoctrination by chinese officials in places of worship are also outlaws.
- Explains that the lack of religious freedom in tibet destroys the culture of a people and leads to the brutalization and terrorization of some of the highest-ranking monastic officials. rinzen kunsang and the shungseb nunnery are examples.
- Recounts how they were handcuffed, stripped, and beaten with bamboo sticks and electric batons. they fainted during the beatings, telling them that due to their age, they had not suffered in the old days.
- Analyzes how a nun at the gari nunnery was tortured for demonstrating. she described the guards using electric batons on her body.
- Analyzes the chinese government's use of political and social ideologies to rationalize their laws and regulations.
- Analyzes how the chinese government's laws single out the tibetan people as a specific ethnicity which does not have the right to exist.
- Explains that the transfer of chinese citizens into tibet through government sponsored incentives is similar to previous genocidal policies which "forcibly transferred children of one group to another".
- Opines that cultural genocide is part of china's larger genocidal committing against tibet. laws which deny tibetans religious freedom, school tibetan children in chinese customs, and monitor any form of tibetan culture destroy the tibetan people.
- Analyzes how the united states secretary of state, colin powell, has stated many of these offenses in his reports, but fails to categorize them as genocide.
- Opines that it is time for the world to stop listening to china's ideological claims and see their treatment of tibetans as genocide.
4115 wordsRead More - Reputation Of The Dalai Lamaanalytical essayThe Dalai Lama has a high religious status. Buddhism is the official religion of Tibet since the second half of the 18th century CE, and the Tibetan word Lama corresponds to the Indian word guru which means a religious teacher who ought to have the respect and devotion of his followers. as we have mentioned earlier Tibetan believe in in reincarnation so Buddha is associated with beings called Bodhisattvas that stays in the samsara circle to help other suffering beings, and based on this the Dalai Lama is associated with the popular Bodhisattva of compassion called Sanskrit Avalokiteshvara, known in Tibet as Chenresig, and this is the reason why people think he is a living Buddha. Now we shall come to his reputation as a god-king which portrays the political role of him, since the fifth Dalai Lama, he has been the head of the Tibetan state, he fulfilled a king role in the past even though he wasn’t considered a god but Bodhisattvas. The Dalai Lamas were the most powerful figures in Tibet before the Chinese incursions, but the powers they had were limited, their primary concern was to spread Buddhism and they had little involvement in the everyday lives of their people. Also, the fifth Dalai Lama has the reputation of a successful political who unified the country. Lately, the 14th Dalai Lama said that he has the right to retire from his role as political president and that Tibetan should be free to choose their next president. (Waterhouse, 2008, p.206-215). Finally, according to the Dalai Lama’s noble prize acceptance speech in 1989 he sees himself just a human being who happens to be Tibetan and choses to be “a monk and no one special”. He sees himself as a peaceful person and compassionate, he loves his
In this essay, the author
- Explains that dalai lama is popular around the world, but he comes from a very different and unique culture. to discuss his reputation, one should rely on religion as much as on history.
- Explains that the dalai lama is an inherited position since 1642, and the current one is tenzin gyatso.
- Explains that the western view of the dalai lama is usually supportive and positive. he's known for his peacekeeping in relation to the chinese invasion of tibet and his pronouncements on human rights and environmental defense.
- Explains that dalai lama is popular around the world, but he comes from a very different and unique culture. to discuss his reputation, one should rely on religion as much as on history.
- Explains that the dalai lama is an inherited position since 1642, and the current one is tenzin gyatso.
- Explains that the western view of the dalai lama is usually supportive and positive. he's known for his peacekeeping in relation to the chinese invasion of tibet and his pronouncements on human rights and environmental defense.
- Explains that the western view of the dalai lama is supportive and positive. he's known for his pronouncements on human rights and environmental defense, and he holds honorary degrees from western colleges.
- Analyzes how the dalai lama's reputation in china is not good. china claims that it will preserve the doctrine of buddhism in the tibet region while it forbidden a lot of practices and destroy the monasteries across the country.
- Explains that the dalai lama's reputation as a god-king is integrated in the traditional tibetan society.
1414 wordsRead More - China and Tibetopinion essay“The Communist have, for the past 50 years, imposed their revolution upon unwilling Tibetan peasants and nomads, and have ruled Tibet by threat, or often the actual use, of force. But force alone cannot, in the long-run sustain any illegitimate domination.”
In this essay, the author
- Explains the 17-point peace plan, point 4, from committee on international relations. the status of negotiations between china and tibet, 2002.
- Cites melvyn goldstein's the snow lion and the dragon: china, tibet and the dalai lama.
- Cites the information office of the state council of china, the development of tibetan culture, june 2000.
- Explains the 17-point peace plan, point 4, from committee on international relations. the status of negotiations between china and tibet, 2002.
- Cites melvyn goldstein's the snow lion and the dragon: china, tibet and the dalai lama.
- Cites the information office of the state council of china, the development of tibetan culture, june 2000.
- Cites the information office of the state council of china, the development of tibetan culture, june 2000.
- Describes the 17-point peace plan, preamble, and status of negotiations between china and tibet, 2002.
- Cites melvyn goldstein's the snow lion and the dragon: china, tibet and the dalai lama.
- Describes the status of negotiations between china and tibet between april 2000 and the house of international relations committee.
- Describes the u.s. policy considerations on the 40th anniversary of the tibetan uprising and the dalai lama’s flight into exile.
- Describes the u.s. policy considerations on the 40th anniversary of the tibetan uprising and the dalai lama’s flight into exile.
- Cites melvyn goldstein's the snow lion and the dragon: china, tibet and the dalai lama.
- Describes the status of negotiations between china and tibet between april 2000 and the house of international relations committee.
- Cites david little and scott w. hibbard, sino-tibetan co-existence: creating space for tibetan self-direction, usip 1993.
- Describes the status of negotiations between china and tibet between january 2003 and the house of international relations committee.
- Analyzes china and tibet - historical territorial integrity, rights to self-determination, and the anatomy of compromise.
- Opines that the issue involved is the extinction of the people, the tibetan people.
- Opines that the communists have imposed their revolution upon unwilling tibetan peasants and nomads, and ruled tibet by threat, or often the actual use, of force.
- Opines that tibetans are shouldering the responsibility of their freedom struggle with undiminishing determination and indomitable sprit.
- Explains that the tibet question concerns the natural rights of the tibetan people to self-determination, against the people's republic of china’s rights to territorial integrity.
- Opines that the tibet question has reached a critical juncture in its long history. there is no international consensus as to the legal rights of nationalities and states.
- Explains that the people republic of china officially recognized chinese jurisdiction over tibet beginning in the thirteenth century, under the yuan dynasty.
- Explains that tibet seized the opportunity to expel all chinese troops and officials and operated as a de facto independent nation until 1950.
- Explains that mao zedong and the people's republic of china had the power and military presence to impose their views onto tibet. the leader of tibet, his holiness the fourteenth dalai lama, refused the offer.
- Explains that in 1959, china declared military rule over tibet and 70,000 other tibetans fled to india, where they established the tibetan government in-exile. china abolished the surviving monastic and political system and sought complete reformation.
- Analyzes how the dalai lama exposed the tibetan conflict to the international community, claiming their rights to self-determination, and china suggested they liberated them while maintaining their historical territorial integrity.
- Opines that the people's republic of china prides itself as a united multi-ethnic country, and the dalai lama has no right to claim tibet as independent. the 17-point peace plan is notarized evidence for age-old sovereignty over tibet.
- Explains that the people's republic of china is confident that tibet has overcome the barriers left by the preceding regime and is now striving towards a bright future with the socialist society.
- Explains that the people's republic of china marched onto the tibetan plateau in 1950 to liberate tibet and reunite the motherland.
- Explains that tibetan "separatists", such as the dalai lama, request self-determination and expulsion of "illegal" chinese troops that are in occupation, which they believe is in accordance with the un charter and international law.
- Opines that the people's republic of china is concerned with national stability, because stability comes unified development.
- Explains that tibetan culture thrived for over 400 years, independent and separate from any chinese influence. when china invaded tibet in 1950 they had no social, cultural, linguistic, economic, or religious ties with the native tibetan people.
- Opines that the tibetan people do not want to be ruled by the people's republic of china. the tibetan civilization is so deeply rooted in religious practices that buddhism has become the essence of every tibetans' existence.
- Explains that the dalai lama argues that china is a member of the united nations and obligated to uphold the un charter.
- Explains that a people for the rights of people in international law, including the right to self-determination, must be group of individual human beings who enjoy some or all of the following common features.
- Explains the dalai lama's belief that china and tibet are separate people capable of self-governance.
- Opines that the tibetan government in exile refuses to believe the "17-point peace plan" gives the people's republic of china sovereignty over tibet.
- Opines that the world's powers have a duty to tibet and the people of china to resolve discord.
- Opines that the tibet question has surfaced as one of the most controversial issues of international policy since the dalai lama was granted the nobel peace prize in 1989.
- Explains that the people's republic of china has placed central focus on the reunification of the motherland under one central republic, who could safeguard social stability.
- Opines that china's policy of giving tibetans the right to self-determination could lead to the brake up of china.
- Explains that the dalai lama's chief concern is the welfare of the six million tibetans. tibet is a culture based on the tibetan buddhist religion, which has proved to be incompatible with the chinese socialist system.
- Opines that china is attempting to marginalize the tibetan population by encouraging chinese settlers onto the tibet plateau. the dalai lama fears that tibetans will eventually be reduced to a minority
- Opines that the chinese government has shown its inability to respect the tibetan people's fundamental human rights and democratic freedoms.
- Proposes a "middle ground" solution that would insure tibetan's fundamental human rights to self-direction, and secure the people’s republic of china.
- Opines that the tibetan plateau could become an amazing sanctuary of love and compassion with the assistance of china and the rest of the world.
- Cites david little and scott w. hibbard, sino-tibetan co-existence: creating space for tibetan self-direction, usip 1993.
- Explains the 17-point peace plan, preamble, and the status of negotiations between china and tibet, 2002.
4526 wordsRead More - Developing Tibetanalytical essayPan, Philip P. (2003). “Tibet Torn Between Tradition and China’s Bounty”. Washington Post, Edition F, Section A, Page A11. September 10, 2003. Global NewsBank (November 13, 2003).
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how china's modernization of tibet has helped out the macro economy, but the distribution of wealth has left the tibetan cultural identity on the verge of extinction.
- Explains that the chinese have had separate periods of policy towards tibet since the communist invasion in 1951. the chinese view the tibetan society as backward and primitive.
- Analyzes how the cultural revolution forced tibetans to import grain, while farmers and nomads were given the rights to their production inputs. the dalai lama calls for restoration and protection of tibet's natural resources
- Analyzes how china's modernization of tibet has helped out the macro economy, but the distribution of wealth has left the tibetan cultural identity on the verge of extinction.
- Explains that the chinese have had separate periods of policy towards tibet since the communist invasion in 1951. the chinese view the tibetan society as backward and primitive.
- Analyzes how the cultural revolution forced tibetans to import grain, while farmers and nomads were given the rights to their production inputs. the dalai lama calls for restoration and protection of tibet's natural resources
- Explains that tibet has immense amounts of geothermal energy resources that the chinese have begun to utilize.
- Analyzes how the chinese built the qinghai-tibet highway and the sichuan- tibi highway to connect lhasa to the rest of china. the railroad project will boost economic growth in tibet.
- Explains that tourism has a huge impact on the tibetan economy and its adverse effects on culture and environment.
- Describes puncog's life as a tour guide and wants to study english and other languages abroad. he has been influenced by foreigners and has turned towards western values and lifestyles.
- Analyzes how the destruction of traditional tibetan buildings and the construction of large chinese office buildings have created a lhasa completely different from that when the dalai lama lived there.
- Explains that the chinese who come to lhasa have more money, more skills, and receive preferential treatment from the government. tibetans are being replaced in almost all areas of the economy.
- Opines that the development of tibet has led to huge increases in gdp and other economic indicators. before the chinese entered, tibet was a primitive self-sufficient society.
- Explains that the traditional tibetan economy was a primitive self-sufficient society with little trade and no commerce or industry.
- Analyzes how the chinese have attempted to exploit the tibetan region's natural resources and modernize agriculture, industry, national defense, and technology.
- Explains that population transfer is a policy that transfers incredible amounts of chinese to tibet for two purposes: improving the economy and purging traditional tibetan society and culture.
- Compares the incomes of the chinese workers on the massive railroad project with those of tibetans who aren't benefiting from the development projects.
- Opines that the chinese development projects have destroyed the tibetan culture and put the people in a subordinate class in order for chinese domination.
- Explains ga, zha, shu-hsing, liao, yaowen, dong, wei, jing and mingzhen, sun.
- Cites sines, abigail, pan, philip p., and pan.
- Analyzes bodeen, christopher, bin, ling, and bin on tibet's special economic policies.
3915 wordsRead More - Human Rights Violations in Tibetopinion essay"Unrest in Tibet Continues as Human Rights Violations Escalate." ProQuest. Targeted News Service, 10 Mar 2009. Web. 25 Oct 2013.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that the people's republic of china has enacted harsh, severe, unforgiving policies against tibetans who show even the slightest hint of resistance to the chinese government.
- Opines that the chinese have for years forced tibetan women to undergo compulsory abortions and sterilizations, as there are relatively few tibetans, and there is legislation exempting minorities from china’s official one child policy.
- Explains that tibetan culture revolves around the reverence of all life, which has preserved the ecology of the plateau of tibet and the himalayas.
- Opines that the people's republic of china has enacted harsh, severe, unforgiving policies against tibetans who show even the slightest hint of resistance to the chinese government.
- Opines that the chinese have for years forced tibetan women to undergo compulsory abortions and sterilizations, as there are relatively few tibetans, and there is legislation exempting minorities from china’s official one child policy.
- Explains that tibetan culture revolves around the reverence of all life, which has preserved the ecology of the plateau of tibet and the himalayas.
- Explains that since the chinese invaded tibet in 1949, they have been unnecessarily arresting tibetans for showing the slightest hint of resistance to the government, or even showing admiration or approval of those who do so.
- Explains that the people's republic of china has long used torture to cruelly extract confessions from and punish suspected criminals.
- Opines that the chinese have no respect for tibetans' right to privacy. they have increased surveillance across the region, especially of former prisoners and returnees from exile.
- Opines that there is little evidence to suggest there has been a notable increase in the wellbeing of tibetans under chinese rule.
- Analyzes khabir's "human rights show no improvement in tibet." proquest. targeted news service, jun 2010.
- Cites karmel, solomon m., kurlantzick, joshua, and sautman, barry. "ethnic tension and the struggle for order: china's policies in tibet."
- Cites sha, li's contribution to human rights campaign in memory of the fiftieth anniversary of democratic reform in tibet.
1086 wordsRead More - Democratic Development in Dharamsalaanalytical essayThe year 1959 brought enormous changes to the life of Tenzin Gyatso, Tibet’s fourteenth Dalai Lama. At the age of fifteen, he was forced to assume political power as Tibet’s supreme temporal ruler. Although the Dalai Lama does not traditionally assume secular power until the age of eighteen, advances made by the Chinese Red Army forced him to ascend to this position prematurely. Needless to say, there was an immense amount of pressure on the teenaged boy: not only was he the religious leader of millions of Tibetans, he was now also their political leader as well. Furthermore, his previous experience with government and international affairs was extremely limited, and he himself did not feel prepared for the position despite the wishes of the people that he become king. When Tibet’s deteriorating situation forced him to furtively escape from Tibet into northern India, the Dalai Lama settled in Dharamsala where he established a government in exile that ruled over the Tibetan refugees. Despite countless obstacles and hardships the Dalai Lama has faced, he has handled his difficult situation admirably, developing a form of government new to Tibetans, one based on democratic ideals. Although not all of his ideas and actions have been received enthusiastically by all Tibetans, the past decades have proven that the government as developed by the Dalai Lama best suits the needs of the refugee Tibetans, as democracy best respects their rights and freedoms as individuals.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that tenzin gyatso, tibet's fourteenth dalai lama, was forced to assume political power at the age of 15 due to advances made by the chinese red army.
- Explains that the dalai lama rejected the theocratic system and proposed a representative democracy for the government in exile.
- Explains that the 1991 charter of tibetans in exile replaced the constitution of 1963, which further democratized the government.
- Explains that tenzin gyatso, tibet's fourteenth dalai lama, was forced to assume political power at the age of 15 due to advances made by the chinese red army.
- Explains that the dalai lama rejected the theocratic system and proposed a representative democracy for the government in exile.
- Explains that the 1991 charter of tibetans in exile replaced the constitution of 1963, which further democratized the government.
- Explains that the tibetan government in exile matches the criteria of a democracy, despite its radical dissimilarities with democracy as we know it in the west.
- Explains that the concept of elections was foreign to tibetans, as they had previously had no say in governmental affairs and were comfortable with an all-power executive.
- Analyzes how the dalai lama's policy of nonviolence differs from much of western policy, especially in the united states.
- Analyzes how the dalai lama has found a way to properly fill both roles without conflict. this behavior shows his true respect for freedom as religion.
- Opines that the dalai lama refuses to return to tibet until his people are happy, feeling he can better serve them from outside.
- Explains that in 1975, the concept of primary elections was introduced for choosing members of the assembly of tibetan people's deputies.
- Explains that tibet was an established religion state before the invasion and occupation by the chinese. the ill fate of the dalai lama provoked him to form an innovative, favorable form of government in dharamsala.
- Explains that the first draft of a new constitution was introduced in 1963. the constitution enumerated the rights of citizens, including life, liberty, property, universal suffrage, equality before the law, and freedoms of religion.
- Analyzes the differences between tibetan democracy and western democracy, including the fact that there are no political parties in the tibetan government.
- Analyzes the dalai lama's view that democracy is the ideal system of government for several reasons.
- Explains that the tibetan youth recognized the merits of democracy and took a more active role in politics. the dalai lama's education program incorporated an increased understanding of international and intercultural awareness.
- Explains that the dalai lama views democracy as best suited for his people because of its compatibility with buddhism.
- Argues that the dalai lama does not oppose communism, reform, or even the chinese, but recognizes the pursuit of happiness as indispensable in a society.
4079 wordsRead More - China's Foreign Policyexplanatory essaySince the initial warming of U.S.-China relations in the early 1970’s, policymakers have had difficulty balancing conflicting U.S. policy concerns in the People’s Republic of China. In the strange world of diplomacy between the two, nothing is predictable. From Nixon to Clinton, presidents have had to reconcile security and human rights concerns with the corporate desire for expanded economic relations between the two countries. Nixon established ties with Mao Zedong’s brutal regime in 1972. And today Clinton’s administration is trying to influence China’s course from within a close economic and diplomatic relationship.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that since the initial warming of u.s.-china relations in the early 1970's, policymakers have had difficulty balancing conflicting us policy concerns in china.
- Explains that the 1989 tiananmen square massacre drew public attention to the inconsistent character of u.s.-china policy.
- Opines that there are three major problems with the current u.s. policy towards china. the first is that neither existing sanctions or comprehensive engagement has resulted in human rights improvements.
- Explains that since the initial warming of u.s.-china relations in the early 1970's, policymakers have had difficulty balancing conflicting us policy concerns in china.
- Explains that the 1989 tiananmen square massacre drew public attention to the inconsistent character of u.s.-china policy.
- Opines that there are three major problems with the current u.s. policy towards china. the first is that neither existing sanctions or comprehensive engagement has resulted in human rights improvements.
- Explains that washington has adopted a number of sanctions, including restrictions on aid, under pressure to integrate human rights concerns more closely into overall u.s.-china policy.
- Opines that chinese human rights practices continue to fall far below internationally accepted standards. neither the existing u.s. sanctions nor the policy of comprehensive engagement have resulted in improvements.
- Opines that the united states is trying a number of different plans that are supposed to slowly cause human rights reforms in china, but these are limited and in some cases not fully implemented.
- Explains that the u.s. government has not used its influence at the world bank to pressure china into improving its human rights practices.
- Explains that china's most favored nation status was delinked from its human rights issues in 1994. the clinton administration created a special human rights program to compensate.
- Opines that trade and investment concerns have knocked u.s.-china policy out of balance.
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