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To: Behind Blue Eyes who wrote (12258)	10/5/2007 1:30:31 PM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 37540

You are still dead wrong! What you call colonisation is not how the Chinese looked at that issue. To them, they were unifying people of their own kind, not colonising them. As I pointed out in my last e-mail, the people of Japan, Korea and North Vietnam were originally migrants from China proper, and there were other migrants that went elsewhere. And so, overtime, China became bigger and bigger quite naturally. I believe you were confused; you gave the Chinese credit for what Jenghiz Khan and other Mongol chiefs conquered and colonized in western Asia. Just so you know, Jenghiz was a Mongol, not a Chinese and China, despite its Great Wall, failed to stop the Mongols years later on from establishing Kublai Khan (grandson of Jenghiz Khan) as the new ruler of China (Yuan Dynasty). By the way, Kublai Khan set out to reclaim Japan but his naval forces were defeated by the Japanese. And Kublai Khan's Dynasty was eventually overthrown by the Chinese Ming Dynasty which, of course, not surprisingly, after having been ruled by Mongols, returned the compliment by conquering and ruling Mongolia. But China willingly relinquished Mongolia in the early 20th century. Hhmm, you seemed to pretend not having noticed I mentioned the Great Wall of China as a testament to China's restraint and apparent lack of interest in colonialism. With regards to Tibet, it has been Chinese territory for a very long time. From the get-go, Tibet has been inextricably linked with China by culture and religion and by marriage of members of their royal families. Ditto for the common people. IMO, the West makes a big fuss about Tibet because it was morbidly afraid of Communism and now it is morbidly afraid of the rising power of China and desperately wants to encircle China in the hope that this encirclement would contribute towards emasculating China strategically! (Go to the Gwynne Dyer website, gwynnedyer.com, and read his 2005/2006? article, "Closing the Ring Around China" for insights.) Sadly, the Dalai Lama doesn't understand or know things better as he was brainwashed by his western teachers when he was only a boy of 9. So, it's not surprising he is pro-West. But, like it or not, he is a goner and Tibetan Lama Prophecy has it that he is the final and last reincarantion of the original Dalai Lama. With his inevitable passing sooner or later, the Dalai Lama line will come to an end for good. But, of course, the West may still try to resurrect him, by hook or by crook. LOL! Stop being overly engrossed with speculations of sorts. Pay attention to historical facts. Lots of references are available. .