tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post5997971678481857877..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: And after Tibet?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-89376414737047421332008-04-13T18:54:00.000+01:002008-04-13T18:54:00.000+01:00James, please don't tease - do say more about both...James, please don't tease - do say more about both.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-49506111857398892402008-04-13T14:51:00.000+01:002008-04-13T14:51:00.000+01:00There're another two reasons - the need for the we...There're another two reasons - the need for the western end of the superhighway to be relatively trouble free and the need to stymie American attempts to destabilize the region.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-84516050501221240472008-04-13T10:52:00.000+01:002008-04-13T10:52:00.000+01:00Hi Anon, no offence intended, I did say your comme...Hi Anon, no offence intended, I did say your comment suggested it wasn't the official position - and I welcome this, because I suspect the Chinese are starting to get internet-smart and trolling anon comments onto blogs, just like New Labour does on polit blogs in the UK. We're going to get a lot about Tibet being theirs since the 13th century; given China's history, that's an admission that it wasn't theirs for the preceding 4,000 years-plus. Not that that will impress the toughs in sky blue, I expect.<BR/><BR/>Your personal experience is much appreciated, since I think not very many Westerners have been where you went. Thank you for visiting this blog - do come again!Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-74309084332805713402008-04-13T06:44:00.000+01:002008-04-13T06:44:00.000+01:00Well, I dunno how my opinion got clubbed with Chin...Well, I dunno how my opinion got clubbed with Chinese official position?!<BR/><BR/> I am just giving a Western tourists perspective and I dont pretend to know the history.But I did 2 consecutive 14-day tours independently in the interiors.The Western area has all the feel of Tibet proper.If the nameboards didn't exist, you cant tell it from Tibet.The Middle and eastern areas have the feel of Southeast asia or south east china.The locals appear to have a sullen attitude to Indians and I even found my host assaulting one. It wont surprise me if both nations India and China are playing for the resources--the area is mostly unpopulated jungle and the hydropower potential seem mindboggling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-28692939736842115252008-04-12T21:26:00.000+01:002008-04-12T21:26:00.000+01:00Isn't it wonderful what "climate change" can be us...Isn't it wonderful what "climate change" can be used to excuse?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-37451045117607409062008-04-12T11:59:00.000+01:002008-04-12T11:59:00.000+01:00I like the either/or, which at least suggests that...I like the either/or, which at least suggests that yours may not be the official Chinese position (i.e. it's part of Tibet and Tibet has always been part of China).<BR/><BR/>The Wikipedia article referenced tends to support your observations on the ethnic makeup of the majority peoples there, though it descibes them as "Tibeto-Burman or Tai-Burmese"; the others appears to be Indian and Bangladeshi. Chinese claims would appear to be based on history rather than a sort of Sudeten Czech argument.<BR/><BR/>My theme is that China is being forced by ecology and population changes into increasingly aggressive moves beyond its boundaries. See this article for a worried and passive-aggressive Indian response:<BR/><BR/>http://www.socialcause.org/getarticlefromdb.php?id=1861Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-45048927661086577072008-04-12T10:51:00.000+01:002008-04-12T10:51:00.000+01:00Call this territory what you will, but to be abso...Call this territory what you will, but to be absolutely honest this area should be legally and morally under either Tibet, or China.<BR/><BR/> I know cos'I've been to this area on an extended tour --the people and culture are very close to Tibetan or South Chinese and not at all Indian. In fact Indian faces stand out like a sore thumb here(forgive the language, used thataway as no better word) and you get the odd feeling of being in an Indian colony--military everywhere, ubiquitous bureaucratic Indian officers, overempasising(of Indian ownership) nameboards in Government offices and locals usually dirt poor though cheerful.Also people I interacted had at best lukewarm regards towards India/Indians.<BR/> However its a must-see area if one is patient enough to bear red tape and sore bottoms.<BR/> Thats my two cents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com