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To: siempre who wrote (25012)	3/6/2005 1:54:16 PM
From: ThirdEye	Respond to of 116555

Siempre, in case you didn't notice, YZ is extremely defensive about Tibet, mimicking the "official" govt line. Apparently China feels free to comment on US internal human rights issues, but we cannot do the same about China. Yes, the railroad is a major issue. It's almost 700 miles long, connecting northwestern China to the "Tibetan Autonomous Region," passing through a desolate high altitude region (where China maintains not a single life was lost in the entire period of construction). Yes, the minerals and probably major natural gas deposits are very attractive to China. To the Tibetans, however, this railroad represents death,... more rapid immigration of Chinese, further marginalization and apartheid of Tibetans in their own land, the capacity of China to move five divisions of PLA in about 2 weeks, and possibly the final destruction of Tibetan culture. This high plane also represents the watershed for a good deal of south Asia. Let's hope China doesn't screw it up the way they have screwed up everything else in that area. March 10 is Tibet Uprising Day. 87000 Tibetans lost their lives in 1959 protecting the Dalai Lama from the PLA.