Wrong. If you knew anything about Tibetan culture Chö and Bön, you would know that the afflictive emotions - nyomong - are what poisons our lives more than anything else. Of course they can get mixed up with religion, which is perhaps the most potent kind of poison. But Buddhism hardly recommends this, exactly the contrary. But perhaps by religion you are thinking of Christianity or something? Imho, and offered only as such.

Politics is opium for the upper crust.

Dava

Do:1=play sea-saw=0
Re:2=play sea-saw=0
Mi:3=play sea-saw=0
Fa:4=play sea-saw=0
So:5=play sea-saw=0
La:6=play sea-saw=0
Shi:7=play sea-saw=0

Chopathar

Don’t hold your breath on some “commitment” from either US Congress or EU Parliament, politicians always play both sides. Elected officials want big business contract from China to benefit their constituents but at the same time they want to look good on issues like Tibet, human right or whatever, from time to time they will cosponsor some bill targeting China proposed by their hard line colleagues, why not? It’s a free ride, free camouflage. A recent example is Diane Feistein, usually labeled as a pro-China US senator, cosponsored a bill to demand setting up a US consulate in Lhasa, there is no chance China will accept it but this bill can help her to look strong. Would China be offended by her? Of course not, Chinese government understands it. It takes two people to play sea-saw.

That said we must consider the political objectives and limitations of those Tibetans who enaged at that level of debate. Unfortunately one cannot imagine such prominent TGIE representatives demanding Congress to now acknowledge Tibetan independence.

If anything Lodi Gyari and his team are engaged in an active effort to surrender entirely Tibetan nationhood.

That being the case any pressure upon the US or Europe to honour previous assurances on Tibet’s independence must come from the wider community of Tibetans and their supporters.

We have to follow through with it.

Best wishes.

Chopathar

That continues to this day, albeit minus the armed conflict, and will continue until all Eíre is free and united.

Keep the Rangzen fires burning.

Something has to give in the next few decades. There’s no easy out. This is not only China’s problem but a world problem; however, China’s policy of brainwashing (with mixed success) 1/5 of the world’s population has made it astronomically worse by making it virtually impossible to reason with them in regards to creating a sustainable world where human rights and dignity are respected.

So yes, I think China will collapse, or else we’ll be swarmed by red-flag toting thugs like the ones who attacked Tibetans and supporters around the world during the torch relay. Given the choice, I’m much more willing to sacrifice China than the world of free information flow where we have some hope of one day honoring every human being’s rights and dignity. And I hope world leaders will make that decision too, if it comes down to it. There’s still also hope that China can change direction before it’s too late, but I’m not holding my breath. If China lasts 500 years then humanity is doomed.

Alright, I presume you are going to wait another 500 years before the next crash for the current Chinese empire. Or it may not even crash at all as there is no longer any more invaders like Mongolians, or Manchurians. You want to wait for years to come… go ahead… by then you need to guess what is going to happen to Tibet.