Sunday, April 6, 2008

Tibet-no freedom of speech :(

China has had rule over tibet for 57 years now. The Dalai Lama is in exile. Now China is going even furthur trying to control the Tibetan people (whose religion is buddhism)they are pushing their campaign that requires Tibetan Buddhist monks to denounce the Dalai Lama(their most sacred spiritual leader and head of the religion)and declare their loyalty to Beijing. No free speech in China and the Himalayas apparently. This is so sad to me. I think Buddhism is one of the most interesting religions and what is so ironic is that they are practically the most peaceful people on earth. Have you ever seen a Buddhist Monk walking along and kissing the ground every step? In the last 57 years they have been violentely attacked and had their freedom of religion and lifestyle taken away from them. Now the Chinese government has "pledged to stengthen patriotic education" particularly among young monks to help them become "patriotic, religion loving, and law abiding." according to the Tibet Daily Newspaper.Now the people of Tibet are doing demonstrations and protests in the capital Lhasa and according to Chinese sources 22 people hvae died in these anti-government protests, but according to Tibetans, 140 people have died.

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