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To: lin huan chen who wrote (8249)	5/13/1999 3:40:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Hi Lin, I take it you are from Taiwan?? (or at least not from the mainland) I particularly found it amazing that that document stated that Tibet was "liberated" peacefully by the Chinese. Now we may not like how the Tibetan religion kept the common people in submission to its religious head(s), but there was no one telling them that they had to stay. I have mixed opinions about Tibetan Buddhism, to say the least. And maybe Mao felt like he was doing them a favor liberating them from the "bondage" of their religion and promoting the new religion of communism. My point is that until China admits that what the have done in Tibet was agression, whether it was an altruistic agression of "liberators", or a blatant one of territorial conquest, for them to claim that it was peaceful or "welcome" is tantamount to saying the Jews asked Hitler to relocate them, or that the Poles welcomed the liberation of their land from their imperial gov't by the Nazis. One thing I have noted in following China and Japan in past years is this weakness their leaders have for trying to preserve "face". They will do ANYTHING possible to avoid admitting they made a mistake or brought dishonor upon their family or nation. As far as I'm concerned making mistakes is human. Repeating them is human. Denying them is criminal. Could you tell us a bit more about yourself (as much as you feel comfortable doing) Regards, Ron