Op-Ed Columnist - An Olive Branch From the Dalai Lama - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Thu Aug 7, 2008 11:10 AM EDT

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It's possible to devise an agreement that leaves both China and the Tibetans much better off — if they hurry. Once the Dalai Lama dies — he is 73 — then a deal could be impossible for another generation because no one would be able to unify the Tibetan people behind a new plan. By then much of Tibet is likely to have been drowned in a sea of Chinese migration, and some frustrated young Tibetans may have turned to terrorism. In my interviews in Tibetan areas of China this year, young people told me repeatedly of their frustration that the Dalai Lama is too conciliatory and that a violent liberation movement would be necessary after his death.

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Bilbo, aka, importunate curmudgeon

The Tibetan people have about as much chance of surviving the Chinese onslaught as would a rhinoceros lost in the Chinese countryside.

Morally, what China is doing in and to Tibet is indefensible but, in practical terms, unless the entire world were to unite in a world-wide trade embargo against China, I don't think that they can be stopped. Certainly China has no intentions of stopping of its own accord.

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#1 - Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:25 PM EDT

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