British spies agree with the Dalai Lama that the Chinese Communist Party instigated the riots in Tibet: watch the news video clip:
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=1dapOKbFmmE
No one can de-legitimise the Tibetan claim to Tibet! It's in the history books, as Dr. Thurman well knows. Anyone inside PRC is looking at fraudulent "news" suppressing the truth. Meanwhile, the pollution in Beijing is so sickening that no one there can think straight anyway.
10,000 athletes will compete in the Olympic Games in one of the world's dirtiest cities beijing Particles in Beijing's air are still 40 to 50 percent worse than in Los Angeles, the most polluted city in the United States The beijing smog feeds on itself. Whenever the city periodically disappears into a brownish-yellow haze, the traffic only gets worse. Those who are fortunate enough to own a car leave their bicycles at home, choosing air-conditioning over the unfiltered cocktail of coal smoke, particulate matter and ozone in the air.The main polluting substance was not PM10 (fine dust) as it is 99% of the time, but SO2 (sulphur dioxide) first time this year, the main cause of acid rain as far as i know, and emitted by burning not-so-clean fossil fuels (coal and petroleum products). In china's 14 largest cities alone, air pollution is responsible for the deaths of 50,000 newborns each year
This is also a reminder that although Beijing???s main problem is PM10, the other common pollutants (SO2, NOx, CO,O3) are probably also at alarming levels, but just not as much in view as the PM10 because that is the worst problem. For example i wouldn???t know where to find daily figures of SO2 measurements; it seems they are not published, only the general API is available.Another interesting observation from today???s list of major Chinese cities; about half of the cities are reporting SO2 as main pollutant
"The main problem in chinese cities is air pollution, small particles which are suspended in the air and penetrate deep into the lungs," he added."More importantly they penetrate other systems, like the cardio-vascular system and travel in the blood through the body."
Dr Krzyzanowski said people who were not in perfect health ought to think twice before travelling to the games, given the additional stress generated by the excitement of a sporting event, the heat and the poor quality air."For them, exposure to high pollution levels may be a trigger to serious problems if they already have, for instance, cardio-vascular disease," he said."Those who come with asthma may suffer attacks "Particles have the ability of travelling thousands of kilometres in the air, so it's possible the beneficial effect of cutting the traffic in the city will be compensated by the transport of pollution from other parts of china."
Why Beijing Needs Tibet’s Help
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Recent events in Tibet have underscored the fact that more than a Half Century of Chinese occupation—and forcible attempts to change Tibetans into Han Chinese—aren't working and never will. Resistance to Beijing's imperialism hasn't come just from the "Dalai Lama clique," as Chinese officials put it, but from all 6 million Tibetans.
Thus Beijing's problems won't simply go away when the 14th Dalai Lama dies; he's now 72 and very durable. But that's a good thing, for China's leaders are going to need his help to peacefully resolve the crisis. The Dalai Lama remains committed to nonviolence and a solution that would benefit both sides. And he's the only person capable of persuading his people to accept such a deal.
It's not difficult to imagine what an eventual agreement between China and Tibet would look like. Tibetans want the reunification of their territory and people, only a third of whom actually live in China's Tibet Autonomous Region (the rest live in historically Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan or in exile). They also want real political autonomy, respect for their culture, economic development that better protects Tibet's fragile environment and the freedom to openly practice Buddhism.
The Chinese for their part want international respect, recognition of the legitimacy of their claim to Tibet and access to the vast resources of the Tibetan plateau. They also need better environmental policies and a source of spiritual inspiration for their people—both of which Tibetans could help them achieve.
Granting the first item on Tibet's wish list—territorial reunification—would be easy: it could be accomplished by an edict from the Politburo and a stroke of the president's pen. Granting political autonomy wouldn't be much harder, and would allow China to stop wasting money on the colonization of the Tibetan plateau—where, due to the altitude, Han can't live comfortably anyway.
As for improving Tibet's environment, this could be accomplished by removing the large colonies of Han Chinese Beijing has established throughout the province, along with the huge military infrastructure currently holding down the Tibetan population. The Tibetans could then work to preserve their local flora and fauna by returning to their time-tested social and agricultural practices, which succeeded for millennia in keeping their country green.
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