By ET

We were planning for a trip to Xinjiang in the summer, then we learned about the riot. Terrorists in Xinjiang and Tibet set fire in the streets and killed innocent people.

These are some photos on CNN, taken by “The Economist” reporter James Miles.

I’m very upset to read about these. I still remember what it was like when a riot happened in Beijing in 1989. Nobody really benefited from the riot, except a few parties: the western media, and those so-called student leaders.

Dalai Lama was said to be behind these riots, and he seems to be involved when he “said that there should be an investigation into whether cultural genocide, intentionally or not, was taking place in Tibet”. I certainly hope he is not behind all these. I’d despise him if he exploited the sufferings of the Tibetan people to buy support from naive people in the western world. Why could not he learn from Ghandi, or Jesus if he is indeed the “living god”?

While it is understandable that the political figures may choose whatever means to fight for their political interests, I seriously got disappointed by some western media reporters who deliberately tried to bias the truth. What they have done are truly slanderous and highly offensive. Watch the following video and be amazed by how they deliberately distort what had happened:

One more comment on Tibet. Many westerners do not know what happened when Tibet was under control by the rich monks and the “living gods” before the PLA set the slaves free. Many Americans feel very proud that they won the war against slavery and highly regard Lincoln’s role in history, what had happened in Tibet is something similar. The PLA freed the slaves and did whatever can be done to help build the economy while reserving the culture. Is everyone in Tibet happy? Of course not, neither are the people who owned uncle Tom. There is just no Pareto solution for issues like these.

Below is an interview of Prof. Michael Parenti (PhD from Yale), a famous political scientist, who gives some background on the past of Tibet and what it was like when it was under slavery.

I found another piece of video broadcast at a Hong Kong TV station.  It contains uncut scenes of the riot.  The picture says for itself, no government would tolerate those people who started looting and setting fire on cars.  There were pictures of the PLA, they were deployed to protect the banks, public utilities, etc.

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