China had the final say since the end of 18th century. Even THIS (14th) Dalai Lama was approved by Chinese central government. One of the Dalai Lamas was a Mongolian from the royal family which was ruling Tibet.
I've been to Tibet. Lhasa is quite different from other Chinese cities. "Tibetans are a minority in the most of Tibet - certainly in the larger towns and cities", this is a lie. I wonder why many people believe this lie. It seems that propaganda of Chinese Communism Party is not so powerful. Another big lie about Tibet is that Chinese killed 3 million Tibetans. Dalai Lama repeated this number many times a couple of years ago. If I say 600 million Americans are killed, anybody believes this number? I have great sympathy for Tibetans and I know Communism Party is a big time liar, but we can not use a "smaller" lie to fight against the big time liar. I've to doubt Dalai Lama's integrity. He is a monk, not a politician.
I do not think the "disappearance" of Tibet culture is a big deal. Northern nomadic tribes invaded China many times, finally most of them lost their identities, and their culture mixed into Chines culture. Today, Western culture is the main stream, the pure tradition Chinese culture is also "disappearing".
Yes, we got over it HERE, but we're repeating that THERE. Think about the ultimate purpose of Iraq war. So Chinese are just doing that HERE of their own.
If you knew the history of Tibet, this news is neither hilarious nor sad. In fact, this rule was not "invented" by today's Chinese government. Back to the end of 18th century, after a rebellion in Tibet was ended by central government of Qing dynasty, a Manchurian dynasty, the emperor set up rules for reincarnation, and the reincarnations of Dalai Lama, Panchen Lama and others were under the control government. After this, Dalai Lama was awarded political power by central government and noble families of Tibet had less influence on the reincarnations. Before that rebellion, Tibet was ruled by Mongolians.
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China had the final say since the end of 18th century. Even THIS (14th) Dalai Lama was approved by Chinese central government. One of the Dalai Lamas was a Mongolian from the royal family which was ruling Tibet. I've been to Tibet. Lhasa is quite different from other Chinese cities. "Tibetans are a minority in the most of Tibet - certainly in the larger towns and cities", this is a lie. I wonder why many people believe this lie. It seems that propaganda of Chinese Communism Party is not so powerful. Another big lie about Tibet is that Chinese killed 3 million Tibetans. Dalai Lama repeated this number many times a couple of years ago. If I say 600 million Americans are killed, anybody believes this number? I have great sympathy for Tibetans and I know Communism Party is a big time liar, but we can not use a "smaller" lie to fight against the big time liar. I've to doubt Dalai Lama's integrity. He is a monk, not a politician. I do not think the "disappearance" of Tibet culture is a big deal. Northern nomadic tribes invaded China many times, finally most of them lost their identities, and their culture mixed into Chines culture. Today, Western culture is the main stream, the pure tradition Chinese culture is also "disappearing".
Yes, we got over it HERE, but we're repeating that THERE. Think about the ultimate purpose of Iraq war. So Chinese are just doing that HERE of their own.
If you knew the history of Tibet, this news is neither hilarious nor sad. In fact, this rule was not "invented" by today's Chinese government. Back to the end of 18th century, after a rebellion in Tibet was ended by central government of Qing dynasty, a Manchurian dynasty, the emperor set up rules for reincarnation, and the reincarnations of Dalai Lama, Panchen Lama and others were under the control government. After this, Dalai Lama was awarded political power by central government and noble families of Tibet had less influence on the reincarnations. Before that rebellion, Tibet was ruled by Mongolians.