Tibet is living proof that today the UN is committing the same mistake as the League of Nations back in the 1930's. Action is only being taken by Tibet, where it is being brutally repressed by the Chinese. This instance has gotten into a mess, way out of hand. With the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, China has broken almost all of them. I saw that someone should either force China to get out of Tibet, peacefully or not. It has to be done. The age of Imperialism should have ended a century ago. Much like the Holocaust, Tibetans general rights have been cast aside so that they cannot express themselves (culture) in anyway that is not allowed by China, that has pressed their beliefs onto Tibet. More Chinese are being sent into Tibet, much like Lebensraum. On the far end of the spectrum is the Holocause where most rights of the Jews were taken away, and if they disregarded these Laws, yes they were law, they would be killed. Here China is not as harsh, but people are still suffering. People are "re-educated" and put as slave laborers. You could go to prison for ten years for even expressing happiness about a topic not approved. The UN is talking to the brick wall that is China, while the Dalai Lama goes around the World, trying to convine people that something should be done. And hes right.
In this day and age, as I said before, Imperialism should be dead. China expects us to believe that they are helping an anti-modern country, meanwhile they are exploiting the people and environment of Tibet. China is breaking the UDoHR in front of the world. Where is the feelings of humanism? People are now joining the cause to free Tibet. Hopefully all the work since...1951(!!!) should pay off. After all, the cultural revolution and Communism are dead in China, or should be. It seems that now China is mimicking Germany and Italy in late blooming of conquering other nations. It seems that no one in China is listening to the UN to tell it to stop. Their excuse is understandably obvious. But the main point is that what China is doing to Tibetan citizens is wrong. Europe admitted their mistakes of the past. They must not be repeated.
When I finished reading some articles about the 'fair trials' and justifications of imprisonment for Tibetans, I didn't really understand how that was possible. For instance, for celebrating a buddhist holiday or the day the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel peace prize. For teaching or writing about the status of Tibet, it's culture, it's people or even it's environment. All these are liable reasons for China to label these people a "threat to society" and say that they are a danger to state security. Chinese education is provided, but Tibetan teachings are illegal. There is just a puppet government. It makes people laugh. I feel immense pity and sorrow for the poor people who's lives just got a little bit worse because of the product of our past mistakes. Soon China will totally repopulate Tibet with Chinese and many endangered species could go extinct. People should think of the future.
So far as I know, the real partaking of blows in this match is the Dalai Lama and China. He is constantly trying to improve the circumstances in his country that he is in exile of. Currently, there have been more recent Sino-Tibetan talks that have been serious. Europe and the U.S. have merely been motivators for Tibet to take action. Even now, the Dalai Lama's requests have been lowered to general autonomy (self-determination) instead of a declaration of Independence. After reading some speeches of the Dalai Lama, it is an eye opening experience to recieve information from an eye witness (http://www.tibet.com/DL/vienna.html). The UN should step in to unite the causes made by each continent.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Period 5-Andrew's Reflection
The Chinese repression of Tibet tells me that human rights are often put down in place of national or personal goals. This also shows that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights issued by the United Nations can not be reinforced in all situations due to the reluctance of the United Nations to violate nation sovereignty. The United Nations lack the real power needed to enforce their laws. Individual countries in the United Nations have power but will not work together to enforce the international laws like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
I feel that the leaders of China made the wrong move by violating Tibet’s nation sovereignty and by killing, through starvation and displacement, thousands of people. However, I also firmly believe that China is right to keep the United Nations from doing anything inside the borders of Tibet now that it is controlled by China. National sovereignty should be placed above everything else or the United Nations or other powers could begin readopting the barbaric imperialistic notion of “helping” countries while just taking them over.
Nobody, including the United Nations, should be allowed to violate nation sovereignty. Any and all activities against what the government of a nation is doing must be restricted to an outside area and only a nation’s agents should be allowed to enter the nation’s borders. All negotiations should be held in a previously agreed upon neutral territory where neither of the powers in dispute has any hold or presence prior to the commencement of the meeting.
The idea of Humanism is a true belief but the fact remains that some things are simply more important than individual humans. During the Holocaust the people running the concentration and death camps believed that their lives and their country were more important than human lives. The Chinese also believe in something more important than human lives. In Germany the idea was wrong. Themselves and their government were not more important than the lives of the individual people they were killing. In China the government is protecting the invaluable principle of nation sovereignty. They have a justified reason in that, if there was another series of imperialistic takeovers many hundreds of thousands of people more than they were killing could die.
Nothing should be more important to a government than nation sovereignty apart from the survival of the human race. And no one should have the power to violate that nation sovereignty at will.
Evan's Reflection period 5
This illegal repression of Tibet by the people's Republic of China shows that the UN is not doing what it should be. When China first invaded Tibet, the Dalai Lama pleaded to nearby countries to aid them in their fight for individual freedom, but none of his calls for help were successful, and Tibet was soon under the jurisdiction of the Chinese government. The UN's job is to ensure diplomatic resolution to all conflicts that may arise between countries to avoid violence, as well as to make sure that all people follow the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. When Tibet was repressed, the UN took no action against the Chinese, even if their annexation of Tibet was illegal. This trend would continue throughout several decades and still the UN did nothing to stop this. This goes to show that while the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is upheld in almost every country of the world, violation of these rules is not enforced by the UN. This occurence is similar to the Holocaust for several reasons.
First, even though people all over the world have knowledge of what is happening in this country, nothing is being done to help the innocent Tibetans. In addition, Chinese people are continually immigrating to Tibet, much like Germans spread into captured countries for more living space. Finally, people are stripped of all of their rights in Tibet, just like the Holocaust. As in th Holocaust, people of a certain religion, in this case buddhism, are discriminated against and have to go through riots, similar to pogroms, by the people who opress them and destroy their places of religion and their homes as well.
The events that occured during this repression overall denied the general idea of humanism. Humanism is the principle that stresses the importance of the individual. When the Chinese took contol of Tibet, their laws removed almost all of the rights of the native Tibetans. People lost their right to do anything that did not conform to the ideas of the Chinese, anything that might make them an individual. When a person had enough courage to speak out against their Chinese rulers, they were put into a forced labor camp, similar to the labor camps of the Holocaust, until they changed their ideas about the Chinese. All in all, what the Chinese have done to the Tibetans has removed all traces of humanistic ideas from the Tibetan public, and when anyone has any feelings that are anti-chinese, they do not speak out, for fear of being captured and detained by the Chinese government.
When the People's Republic of China invaded Tibet in 1949, China used several reasons to justify their seizure of their nighboring country. All of their reasons covered up another motive for the invasion, the revenge for the Dalai Lama's offense of their leader, Mao Zedong, when he refused to sign an agreement with China. Another reason they invaded Tibet was that they believed they would bolster the economy of Tibet. This seemed like an okay thing to me at the time, then I found out that this benefit came at the cost of Tibetan human rights. I believe that nothing on Earth could be worth the cost of your rights as a human. All of the reasons that China invaded Tibet were justified in the eyes of the Chinese, but they were breaking the rules established by the UN to gain power amongst the locals. In my opinion, the cost of invading Tibet, as in being view negatively viewed by the entire world, just for claiming Tibet, a rocky and mountainous region of central Asia, that had no real use to the Chinese.
I believe that the UN should have full power over the sovereignty of other countries, including ours. When a country invadeds the sovereignty of another country, I believe that the UN should at least investigate the situation and have a vote on whether or not they should take action against the conflict. There should be some sort of trial where a representative from each country presents information to the UN and after all of the information was presented, they would vote. I believe that if they wished to invade the sovereignty of the US, then they should have the right to, as long as they did not break the universal declaration of human rights. All in all, the UN, being a worldwide organization, should be able to allow or deny a conflict to occur between countries.
First, even though people all over the world have knowledge of what is happening in this country, nothing is being done to help the innocent Tibetans. In addition, Chinese people are continually immigrating to Tibet, much like Germans spread into captured countries for more living space. Finally, people are stripped of all of their rights in Tibet, just like the Holocaust. As in th Holocaust, people of a certain religion, in this case buddhism, are discriminated against and have to go through riots, similar to pogroms, by the people who opress them and destroy their places of religion and their homes as well.
The events that occured during this repression overall denied the general idea of humanism. Humanism is the principle that stresses the importance of the individual. When the Chinese took contol of Tibet, their laws removed almost all of the rights of the native Tibetans. People lost their right to do anything that did not conform to the ideas of the Chinese, anything that might make them an individual. When a person had enough courage to speak out against their Chinese rulers, they were put into a forced labor camp, similar to the labor camps of the Holocaust, until they changed their ideas about the Chinese. All in all, what the Chinese have done to the Tibetans has removed all traces of humanistic ideas from the Tibetan public, and when anyone has any feelings that are anti-chinese, they do not speak out, for fear of being captured and detained by the Chinese government.
When the People's Republic of China invaded Tibet in 1949, China used several reasons to justify their seizure of their nighboring country. All of their reasons covered up another motive for the invasion, the revenge for the Dalai Lama's offense of their leader, Mao Zedong, when he refused to sign an agreement with China. Another reason they invaded Tibet was that they believed they would bolster the economy of Tibet. This seemed like an okay thing to me at the time, then I found out that this benefit came at the cost of Tibetan human rights. I believe that nothing on Earth could be worth the cost of your rights as a human. All of the reasons that China invaded Tibet were justified in the eyes of the Chinese, but they were breaking the rules established by the UN to gain power amongst the locals. In my opinion, the cost of invading Tibet, as in being view negatively viewed by the entire world, just for claiming Tibet, a rocky and mountainous region of central Asia, that had no real use to the Chinese.
I believe that the UN should have full power over the sovereignty of other countries, including ours. When a country invadeds the sovereignty of another country, I believe that the UN should at least investigate the situation and have a vote on whether or not they should take action against the conflict. There should be some sort of trial where a representative from each country presents information to the UN and after all of the information was presented, they would vote. I believe that if they wished to invade the sovereignty of the US, then they should have the right to, as long as they did not break the universal declaration of human rights. All in all, the UN, being a worldwide organization, should be able to allow or deny a conflict to occur between countries.
Period 5 Christian, Andrew, Evan
When did this event occur?
This repression began in 1951 when the People's Republic of China successfully captured the capital of Tibet and enforced new laws over the country. The beginning of the Chinese invasion began when China sent an invasion army of 40,000 soldiers after the Dalai Lama refused to sign a peace treaty sent by the Military dictator of China Mao Zedong. Zedong took this as a personal offense and attacked Tibet. This invasion resulted in the deaths of about 1.2 million Tibetans.
This repression began in 1951 when the People's Republic of China successfully captured the capital of Tibet and enforced new laws over the country. The beginning of the Chinese invasion began when China sent an invasion army of 40,000 soldiers after the Dalai Lama refused to sign a peace treaty sent by the Military dictator of China Mao Zedong. Zedong took this as a personal offense and attacked Tibet. This invasion resulted in the deaths of about 1.2 million Tibetans.
Period 5, Andrew, Christian, Evan
Who was tortured and why?
Tibets diverse culture and religion has set it separate from other asian countries. China has used its military to sever the human rights, constantly abusing them in cases of arbitrary arrest, political arrest, torture and execution. According to Human rights groups, over 700 political prisoners have been apprehended by the PRC police, but there could hundreds of other names not known. Many detained have not had trials for up to four years. These prisoners have to have a special "re-education" where they are forced to denounce their beliefs and are placed in force labor camps. Forms of torture would include sleep deprivation, starvation, shocking through electrical batons and beatings. Most of these cases are caused by different religious beliefs by Tibetans who either freely practice their banned religion (usually buddhism) or talk of the status of Tibet or of revolution or celebrate any religious holidays.
What was the result of this event?
As of yet, Tibet's current situation has a slight glimpse of hope. The UN is constantly having peaceful talks with China to come to a compromise, although Tibetans desire nothing less than full independence. The Chinese government refuse to offer even a small grant of freedom and won't even consider the Tibetans' request for a fully autonomous government. The Dalai Lama is traveling to different groups around the world to raise support for the Tibetans' idea of an independent government.
Tibets diverse culture and religion has set it separate from other asian countries. China has used its military to sever the human rights, constantly abusing them in cases of arbitrary arrest, political arrest, torture and execution. According to Human rights groups, over 700 political prisoners have been apprehended by the PRC police, but there could hundreds of other names not known. Many detained have not had trials for up to four years. These prisoners have to have a special "re-education" where they are forced to denounce their beliefs and are placed in force labor camps. Forms of torture would include sleep deprivation, starvation, shocking through electrical batons and beatings. Most of these cases are caused by different religious beliefs by Tibetans who either freely practice their banned religion (usually buddhism) or talk of the status of Tibet or of revolution or celebrate any religious holidays.
What was the result of this event?
As of yet, Tibet's current situation has a slight glimpse of hope. The UN is constantly having peaceful talks with China to come to a compromise, although Tibetans desire nothing less than full independence. The Chinese government refuse to offer even a small grant of freedom and won't even consider the Tibetans' request for a fully autonomous government. The Dalai Lama is traveling to different groups around the world to raise support for the Tibetans' idea of an independent government.
Period 5 Christian, Andrew, Evan
What part did the government play in this event?
Once China had successfully gained military control of Tibet, they sat down with the Tibetan Government on May 23rd, 1951 to impose their new laws. These new laws restricted human rights all across the country, especially in the area of religion and over 6,000 monasteries were destroyed during this repression. The Chinese occupied Tibet for several years until the Dalai Lama peacefully signed an agreement with the Chinese. Most of the high ranking government officials went into exile, including the Dalai Lama, for fear of being captured by the Chinese. This new puppet government was under the control of the People's Republic of China and established further laws that they believed would help Tibet would prosper. These laws for prosperity have limited certain rights and turned Tibet into a country that ran by essentially Communist rules.
Once China had successfully gained military control of Tibet, they sat down with the Tibetan Government on May 23rd, 1951 to impose their new laws. These new laws restricted human rights all across the country, especially in the area of religion and over 6,000 monasteries were destroyed during this repression. The Chinese occupied Tibet for several years until the Dalai Lama peacefully signed an agreement with the Chinese. Most of the high ranking government officials went into exile, including the Dalai Lama, for fear of being captured by the Chinese. This new puppet government was under the control of the People's Republic of China and established further laws that they believed would help Tibet would prosper. These laws for prosperity have limited certain rights and turned Tibet into a country that ran by essentially Communist rules.
reflection...............Jamie
When I first thought of learning about China’s occupation of Tibet I thought it would be something really cool to learn about. I had always seen advertisements, or heard people say, “Free Tibet” or “Save Tibet”. Now I really had a reason to figure out what everyone was taking about. I thought it would be similar to learning about the Darfur Crisis, but I was wrong. I’d had some prior knowledge as to what was going on in Darfur, and thought since Tibet was on the same list of projects, I figured that they must have something to do with each other. I was right in some ways but at the same time was completely wrong.
I knew that this project would have something to do with human rights and was exited to figure out what was really going on with Tibet. When I first started to really learn about Tibet’s crisis, it made me really upset that people had the guts to discriminate against each other like that. Essentially what I had come to figure out was that Tibet realized that they wanted to become Buddhists, and fallow the Dali Lama, but in order for them to do this they would have to break from the chains of China. The rest of Chinese society was conforming to a religion that didn’t settle with Tibet.
When Tibet had announced this decision to China, they were very unhappy, and occupied all of Tibet to keep them from escaping the rest of China. Eventually, China had set up their very own set or Nuremberg Laws, which they called, “The 17 Points”. These points, slowly but surly took away all of Tibet’s rights. It also forced them to conform to a society that they didn’t belong to. China had even created it’s own Nazi party that has helped to kill off over one million people over the years, just because of their religion.
After learning all of this I thought to myself that what China is doing to Tibet sounded somewhat familiar to what Japan had done to China during World War 2. When China was being beat up by Japan, they didn’t like it, and didn’t think that it was fair that all of their people were being killed off. But what gave them the power to go after natives of Tibet with the same attitude Japan had towards China. China knew very well what Tibet was feeling like, so what would incourage their vicious activity to continue to live on?
Today the problems in Tibet aren’t as bad as they were when they were at their peak, but there are still major conflicts. China still doesn’t fully except their religion. They are also still occupying Tibet today. Tibet still does not have any political freedom, and they are forced to go along with what ever China tells them to do which isn’t fair. This conflict has been going on for so long I wonder if it will ever really come to an end. Every generation of Tibetan people continue to hope that things will change over time, but enough time has gone by.
Jamie Z................Pd 2
I knew that this project would have something to do with human rights and was exited to figure out what was really going on with Tibet. When I first started to really learn about Tibet’s crisis, it made me really upset that people had the guts to discriminate against each other like that. Essentially what I had come to figure out was that Tibet realized that they wanted to become Buddhists, and fallow the Dali Lama, but in order for them to do this they would have to break from the chains of China. The rest of Chinese society was conforming to a religion that didn’t settle with Tibet.
When Tibet had announced this decision to China, they were very unhappy, and occupied all of Tibet to keep them from escaping the rest of China. Eventually, China had set up their very own set or Nuremberg Laws, which they called, “The 17 Points”. These points, slowly but surly took away all of Tibet’s rights. It also forced them to conform to a society that they didn’t belong to. China had even created it’s own Nazi party that has helped to kill off over one million people over the years, just because of their religion.
After learning all of this I thought to myself that what China is doing to Tibet sounded somewhat familiar to what Japan had done to China during World War 2. When China was being beat up by Japan, they didn’t like it, and didn’t think that it was fair that all of their people were being killed off. But what gave them the power to go after natives of Tibet with the same attitude Japan had towards China. China knew very well what Tibet was feeling like, so what would incourage their vicious activity to continue to live on?
Today the problems in Tibet aren’t as bad as they were when they were at their peak, but there are still major conflicts. China still doesn’t fully except their religion. They are also still occupying Tibet today. Tibet still does not have any political freedom, and they are forced to go along with what ever China tells them to do which isn’t fair. This conflict has been going on for so long I wonder if it will ever really come to an end. Every generation of Tibetan people continue to hope that things will change over time, but enough time has gone by.
Jamie Z................Pd 2
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Reflection by Jenna B Period 2
Reflection
I believe that the United Nations did not enforce the Universal Declaration of Human Rights very well in
During the repression of
Also I thought that it was pretty mean for
I think the leaders of this invasion must have been real threatening. This is because none of the other Chinese men or troops seemed to believe in taking control, by refusing to repress
Jamie answering Julie
Yeah, I saw the free tibet website, that was really cool I think I might order one to the T-shirts with the picture on it that represents what tibe believes in.I cant remember what it was called, it was the something knot
Julie's thoughts on Jamie
While I was looking up info for this blog I came across a free tibet campaigne that was really helping out a lot to make more peope aware of what was really going on
Jamie's after thoughts on Tibet
Based on everything going on with tibet, it almost seems like China was taking out all of their frusration with Japan from WW2 out on them for no reason. Its so sad to know that Hitlers understudies are controling tibet and are allowing this massive genocide occur without caring. This genocide certaintly has not reached the degree the holocaust had, but could have gotten very close. More people should be aware of what is going on with Tibet and understand how lucky we really are to be living in an American society that for the most part exepts everyone.
Period 5 Evan, Christian, and Andrew
Mao Zedong was the military dictator of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to his death in 1976, and also authorized the invasion of Tibet in 1950.
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Reflection by Erica
China and the Repression of Tibet show us how horrible things like the holocaust are still happening today and are going unnoticed. There are such horrible things happening in Tibet today that we don’t know. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights does not exist there. Everyday people are dying for what they believe in and are unable to speak out of what they think is right for themselves and there country. This event killed over 1.4 million Tibetans and took away all there rights. People were getting killed everyday for no reason, and being thrown in jail without knowing what they did. It also shows us how we thought that after the holocaust nothing that we would never allow something like it to happen again, and how it is today and how there is so much more we can do to help.
The repression of Tibet related to the Holocaust in many ways. The Holocaust killed over 6 million innocent Jewish people and the repression killed 1.4 innocent Tibetan people and took away all of there rights. How ever even though the repression didn’t kill as much people as the Holocaust it was as bad. During the repression people were thrown in jail for reasons such as peaceful demonstrations, any form of protest, speeches, and writing anything that got into the wrong hands. The same with the Holocaust, if you didn’t agree with them you were thrown into jail. Just like the Nuremburg Laws during the Holocaust there was the Seventeen Point Agreement during the repression. These were both were given to the people that were taken away.
The idea of humanism meaning all individuals matter was really the opposite of what happening. In the repression they felt worthless and were treated like they had no value and didn’t matter. They were killed like they were bugs. They couldn’t speak out or have a different religion or culture, the Chinese wanted Tibetan people to be like them.
I think that what the Chinese did to the Tibetan people was unfair and unjust. They came into there country and took away there rights, and killed 1.4 million people. There was no reason to kill them other than for there own amusement. Originally the Chinese made and agreement stating that they would not take power away from the Dalai Lama, and that the freedom of religion would be compromised, but slowly they backed out of there word. They took over newspapers, radios, and banks. Eventually they had token control of most government jobs such as officials and teachers. I feel bad for every victim in the Repression.
I think the UN is doing a really bad ob at trying to keep peace in these places. They really aren’t doing much to help them out. I think there is a lot more they could do to help. I believe if they tried there hardest Tibet today would be a free country and wouldn’t have to worry about China anymore. I think they could easily help them out by making the laws fairer and getting them back there rights. If the UN wanted to step into the sovereignty of the U.S that would not work out well. You see how they didn’t help Tibet, I think they would do nothing but cause us problems in the future.
The repression of Tibet related to the Holocaust in many ways. The Holocaust killed over 6 million innocent Jewish people and the repression killed 1.4 innocent Tibetan people and took away all of there rights. How ever even though the repression didn’t kill as much people as the Holocaust it was as bad. During the repression people were thrown in jail for reasons such as peaceful demonstrations, any form of protest, speeches, and writing anything that got into the wrong hands. The same with the Holocaust, if you didn’t agree with them you were thrown into jail. Just like the Nuremburg Laws during the Holocaust there was the Seventeen Point Agreement during the repression. These were both were given to the people that were taken away.
The idea of humanism meaning all individuals matter was really the opposite of what happening. In the repression they felt worthless and were treated like they had no value and didn’t matter. They were killed like they were bugs. They couldn’t speak out or have a different religion or culture, the Chinese wanted Tibetan people to be like them.
I think that what the Chinese did to the Tibetan people was unfair and unjust. They came into there country and took away there rights, and killed 1.4 million people. There was no reason to kill them other than for there own amusement. Originally the Chinese made and agreement stating that they would not take power away from the Dalai Lama, and that the freedom of religion would be compromised, but slowly they backed out of there word. They took over newspapers, radios, and banks. Eventually they had token control of most government jobs such as officials and teachers. I feel bad for every victim in the Repression.
I think the UN is doing a really bad ob at trying to keep peace in these places. They really aren’t doing much to help them out. I think there is a lot more they could do to help. I believe if they tried there hardest Tibet today would be a free country and wouldn’t have to worry about China anymore. I think they could easily help them out by making the laws fairer and getting them back there rights. If the UN wanted to step into the sovereignty of the U.S that would not work out well. You see how they didn’t help Tibet, I think they would do nothing but cause us problems in the future.
Reflection.......JULIE
Reflection on China and the Repression of Tibet
This event tells me that although Human rights are very important, and it seems that everyone is always talking about human rights and how we should protect them. It’s like that doesn’t apply to everyone. It’s not equal through all the countries. In Tibet they had almost all their human rights taken away, but nobody really seems to care, or nobody really wants to get involved in helping the Tibetans fight against China. This event relates to the Holocaust because the German’s took away all of the Jews human rights such as religion, freedom of speech, and press. They also killed many Jews for no good reason, and they cruelly punished them for unnecessary reasons. This is the same thing that is happening in Tibet. The Tibetans no longer have control of their own country. They can’t practice their own religion, they no longer have control of the newspaper, or radio, or anything for that matter. It is like a scaled down holocaust, because the Chinese are killing the Tibetans for no reasons as well.
The repression of Tibet denies the idea of Humanism. This is because if all people mattered in Tibet, the Chinese would allow them to do as they pleased, and to really be an individual. They would be able to practice their religion, and they would be able to say what they pleased, without getting hurt. The Chinese would not be harming people for having a peaceful demonstration or having a protest if they believed in Humanism. So the Chinese government definitely does not support the idea of that all individuals matter.
I most definitely feel bad for the people living in Tibet today. This is because they did not ask to be invaded by China. I think that it’s horrible that the UN did not do anything when Tibet asked for help in 1950. I think that the fact that the Chinese went back on their word, and ended up exiling the Dalai Lama. I don’t understand why it is so bad for the Tibetans to practice their own religion as long as they aren’t hurting anything.
I think that the peacekeeping efforts by the UN are unacceptable. This is because I don’t think they are really trying. If they were really trying then Tibet wouldn’t be under Chinese rule, and they would be a free country. Even if they had to stay under the Chinese government, I think that the UN could make the living conditions and the laws easier and more equal in Tibet. So I don’t think that the UN is doing a very good job trying to keep the independence of the other countries.
If the UN wanted to step into the sovereignty of the United States, I think that would be absolutely horrible. This is because the US prides itself on being an independent nation, and having freedom and everything. So if the UN wanted to take that away from us I think that would be very bad. Though I don’t think the government, and all the people would ever let that happen because we are a pretty powerful country, and we know what would happen.
Julie Solomon pd 2
This event tells me that although Human rights are very important, and it seems that everyone is always talking about human rights and how we should protect them. It’s like that doesn’t apply to everyone. It’s not equal through all the countries. In Tibet they had almost all their human rights taken away, but nobody really seems to care, or nobody really wants to get involved in helping the Tibetans fight against China. This event relates to the Holocaust because the German’s took away all of the Jews human rights such as religion, freedom of speech, and press. They also killed many Jews for no good reason, and they cruelly punished them for unnecessary reasons. This is the same thing that is happening in Tibet. The Tibetans no longer have control of their own country. They can’t practice their own religion, they no longer have control of the newspaper, or radio, or anything for that matter. It is like a scaled down holocaust, because the Chinese are killing the Tibetans for no reasons as well.
The repression of Tibet denies the idea of Humanism. This is because if all people mattered in Tibet, the Chinese would allow them to do as they pleased, and to really be an individual. They would be able to practice their religion, and they would be able to say what they pleased, without getting hurt. The Chinese would not be harming people for having a peaceful demonstration or having a protest if they believed in Humanism. So the Chinese government definitely does not support the idea of that all individuals matter.
I most definitely feel bad for the people living in Tibet today. This is because they did not ask to be invaded by China. I think that it’s horrible that the UN did not do anything when Tibet asked for help in 1950. I think that the fact that the Chinese went back on their word, and ended up exiling the Dalai Lama. I don’t understand why it is so bad for the Tibetans to practice their own religion as long as they aren’t hurting anything.
I think that the peacekeeping efforts by the UN are unacceptable. This is because I don’t think they are really trying. If they were really trying then Tibet wouldn’t be under Chinese rule, and they would be a free country. Even if they had to stay under the Chinese government, I think that the UN could make the living conditions and the laws easier and more equal in Tibet. So I don’t think that the UN is doing a very good job trying to keep the independence of the other countries.
If the UN wanted to step into the sovereignty of the United States, I think that would be absolutely horrible. This is because the US prides itself on being an independent nation, and having freedom and everything. So if the UN wanted to take that away from us I think that would be very bad. Though I don’t think the government, and all the people would ever let that happen because we are a pretty powerful country, and we know what would happen.
Julie Solomon pd 2
China and The Repression of Tibet
China and The Repression of Tibet
Millions of Tibetan children are currently living in a society that is not free to live the way they want too. They are living in a government that doesn’t allow them to let their dreams be heard. Every generation of Tibetans always hope that the worst is over, and they are working towards a better life, when in reality, nobody’s voices are getting heard, so what is going to happen to their future?
On the flag of Tibet there is a snow covered mountain with a suns rays shining in all different directions, which represents the equality of enjoyment, freedom, spiritual, and material happiness spread throughout their homeland.
It was so easy for China to try and take over Tibet just based on their location. They were so close together it made it hard for Tibet to try and get away, while China was chasing them down.
On October 7, 1950 over 30,000 troops invaded Tibet. The Tibetan government was forced to surrender to the Chinese government because in that same year, 250,000 troops invaded Tibet. In 1951, Tibet and Beijing signed the “Seventeen Point Agreement”. This was meant to not let China get to powerful in Tibet. It said that the Chinese government would not take power away from the Dalai Lama, and that freedom and religion in Tibet would not be compromised. They also hoped that the school system and education would improve in Tibet. Though slowly, the Chinese started to back out on their word. They started taking a tighter hold on the Tibetans. The Chinese government slowly started to take control of the newspaper, radio, banks and most food shops. Eventually, the Chinese government had control of most jobs of government officials and teachers. They also started to destroy their monasteries where they practiced religion. Also, many Tibetans were being held for two to three months in jail, without ever knowing what they were being charged with. This has definitely compromised most of the Tibetan human rights.
Millions of Tibetan children are currently living in a society that is not free to live the way they want too. They are living in a government that doesn’t allow them to let their dreams be heard. Every generation of Tibetans always hope that the worst is over, and they are working towards a better life, when in reality, nobody’s voices are getting heard, so what is going to happen to their future?
On the flag of Tibet there is a snow covered mountain with a suns rays shining in all different directions, which represents the equality of enjoyment, freedom, spiritual, and material happiness spread throughout their homeland.The human rights and polices of Tibet by 1949 and the Nuremburg Laws of 1935 were resulted with very similar problems. The impact of these laws and human rights drastically effected and destroyed the Jew’s and Tibetans population. For instance 1.4 million Tibetans and 6 million Jew’s were killed as a result of these laws. Also, when China invaded Tibet in 1949, Tibet lost its freedom of being an independent country. The people of Tibet lost their freedom of speech, religion and culture. Even their identities were gradually decaying by the Chinese. This was just like the Nuremberg laws for the Jewish, except it was named the “Seventeen Point Agreement” for the Tibetans. One of the laws was the Law for Protection of German Blood and Honor. This deprived Jew’s and non-Jew’s of marriage, employing pregnant women, and forbade Jew’s from having German Flags. Another Nuremburg Law was the Reich Citizenship Law this law took away German Jew’s citizenship and rights. Then by 1950 the Chinese communist conquered the Tibet government and did away with the previous government, headed by the Tibetans spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. In conclusion the German government forced the Nazis to obey their harsh laws, and the Tibetans were forced to obey the Chinese government, and to live by their laws.
Many Americans are working hard to make others aware of the problems effecting Tibet today. Many Tibet natives are very thankful for this, but when I found this picture the caption under it said,” The only problem is that we have to show a few hundred million more people this sign and then were done.” On the other side of the cartoon, Tibet is trying to fight off China with its mouth open, meaning they’d rather fight verbally. They believe in the Dali Lama which means they are peace makers. Obviously, they don’t want to fight, but in the picture, they have weapons, but they aren’t very elite. China is ready to kill off any Tibetan that stands in their way, with no problem. Although people are becoming more aware of Tibet’s situation, what it all comes down to is that we are not the ones that have to live with the “Seventeen Point Agreement”, and we are not living in poverty, nor do we have to be forced to conform to a society that we don’t really belong to.Tibetins do, and we should be helping them more actively, not just by waving around some sign, but by really talking to people and make them aware of what is going on.
Many of these Tibetan people were tortured and killed for no reason at all. It was from having peaceful demonstrations, any form of a protest, speeches, and writings ended up in the Chinese government intervening and arresting and torturing many Tibetan people. The chances for the Tibetan people ever to be released were slim to none. There are reports of people being interrogated by extreme measures, whether it was from the electric chair or cattle prods which can conduct a large amount of electrical current into a person’s mouth for no apparent reason. In conclusion, many people of Tibet were either brutally tortured, or killed for no apparent reason whatsoever.
The repression in Tibet began in 1949 when the Chinese government invaded Central Tibet with over 250,000 troops. The result of this now is that Tibet is no longer a free country. They are no longer allowed to practice religion. They are definitely a minority in their own country, because many Tibetan people have been killed. They do not have their own businesses any longer because China has taken those over as well. They always have to be nervous that “spies” from the Chinese government are watching them. In conclusion, Tibet no longer has its freedom or any rights at all.
The repression in Tibet began in 1949 when the Chinese government invaded Central Tibet with over 250,000 troops. The result of this now is that Tibet is no longer a free country. They are no longer allowed to practice religion. They are definitely a minority in their own country, because many Tibetan people have been killed. They do not have their own businesses any longer because China has taken those over as well. They always have to be nervous that “spies” from the Chinese government are watching them. In conclusion, Tibet no longer has its freedom or any rights at all.
Millions of Tibetans were being killed because they didn’t want to conform to the Chinese government’s new laws. Tibet wanted to be free to live and worship how ever they wanted, without being told what to do. Obviously, the Chinese didn’t like that the Tibetans were trying to free themselves from the society that everyone else was conforming to. The Chinese felt the need to take away all f the Tibetans rights, and while they wee at it, decided the only thing to do was to kill off all to the Tibetans to keep them under control.
There hasn’t been any real conclusion to this problem in Tibet. Though, now there are many organizations such as “students for a free Tibet” who are trying to make people more aware of what’s going on in Tibet, and what other people can do to help make the situation better. Also, different organizations have been writing different letters asking leaders of different countries if they will help out with the situation in Tibet. In conclusion, there might possibly be a change happening in Tibet in the near future if people continue to try to get help for the people of Tibet.
Julie, Jenna, Jamie, Erica.......PD 2
italicized- the captions for the pictures
Reppression of Tibet
China and The Repression of Tibet
On October 7, 1950 over 30,000 troops invaded Tibet. The Tibetan government was forced to surrender to the Chinese government because in that same year, 250,000 troops invaded Tibet. In 1951, Tibet and Beijing signed the “Seventeen Point Agreement”. This was meant to not let China get to powerful in Tibet. It said that the Chinese government would not take power away from the Dalai Lama, and that freedom and religion in Tibet would not be compromised. They also hoped that the school system and education would improve in Tibet. Though slowly, the Chinese started to back out on their word. They started taking a tighter hold on the Tibetans. The Chinese government slowly started to take control of the newspaper, radio, banks and most food shops. Eventually, the Chinese government had control of most jobs of government officials and teachers. They also started to destroy their monasteries where they practiced religion. Also, many Tibetans were being held for two to three months in jail, without ever knowing what they were being charged with. This has definitely compromised most of the Tibetan human rights.
The human rights and polices of Tibet by 1949 and the Nuremburg Laws of 1935 were resulted with very similar problems. The impact of these laws and human rights drastically effected and destroyed the Jew’s and Tibetans population. For instance 1.4 million Tibetans and 6 million Jew’s were killed as a result of these laws. Also, when China invaded Tibet in 1949, Tibet lost its freedom of being an independent country. The people of Tibet lost their freedom of speech, religion and culture. Even their identities were gradually decaying by the Chinese. This was just like the Nuremberg laws for the Jewish, except it was named the “Seventeen Point Agreement” for the Tibetans. One of the laws was the Law for Protection of German Blood and Honor. This deprived Jew’s and non-Jew’s of marriage, employing pregnant women, and forbade Jew’s from having German Flags. Another Nuremburg Law was the Reich Citizenship Law this law took away German Jew’s citizenship and rights. Then by 1950 the Chinese communist conquered the Tibet government and did away with the previous government, headed by the Tibetans spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. In conclusion the German government forced the Nazis to obey their harsh laws, and the Tibetans were forced to obey the Chinese government, and to live by their laws.
Many of these Tibetan people were tortured and killed for no reason at all. It was from having peaceful demonstrations, any form of a protest, speeches, and writings ended up in the Chinese government intervening and arresting and torturing many Tibetan people. The chances for the Tibetan people ever to be released were slim to none. There are reports of people being interrogated by extreme measures, whether it was from the electric chair or cattle prods which can conduct a large amount of electrical current into a person’s mouth for no apparent reason. In conclusion, many people of Tibet were either brutally tortured, or killed for no apparent reason whatsoever.
The repression in Tibet began in 1949 when the Chinese government invaded Central Tibet with over 250,000 troops. The result of this now is that Tibet is no longer a free country. They are no longer allowed to practice religion. They are definitely a minority in their own country, because many Tibetan people have been killed. They do not have their own businesses any longer because China has taken those over as well. They always have to be nervous that “spies” from the Chinese government are watching them. In conclusion, Tibet no longer has its freedom or any rights at all.
There hasn’t been any real conclusion to this problem in Tibet. Though, now there are many organizations such as “students for a free Tibet” who are trying to make people more aware of what’s going on in Tibet, and what other people can do to help make the situation better. Also, different organizations have been writing different letters asking leaders of different countries if they will help out with the situation in Tibet. In conclusion, there might possibly be a change happening in Tibet in the near future if people continue to try to get help for the people of Tibet.
Julie, Jamie, Jenna, Erica PD. 2
On October 7, 1950 over 30,000 troops invaded Tibet. The Tibetan government was forced to surrender to the Chinese government because in that same year, 250,000 troops invaded Tibet. In 1951, Tibet and Beijing signed the “Seventeen Point Agreement”. This was meant to not let China get to powerful in Tibet. It said that the Chinese government would not take power away from the Dalai Lama, and that freedom and religion in Tibet would not be compromised. They also hoped that the school system and education would improve in Tibet. Though slowly, the Chinese started to back out on their word. They started taking a tighter hold on the Tibetans. The Chinese government slowly started to take control of the newspaper, radio, banks and most food shops. Eventually, the Chinese government had control of most jobs of government officials and teachers. They also started to destroy their monasteries where they practiced religion. Also, many Tibetans were being held for two to three months in jail, without ever knowing what they were being charged with. This has definitely compromised most of the Tibetan human rights.
The human rights and polices of Tibet by 1949 and the Nuremburg Laws of 1935 were resulted with very similar problems. The impact of these laws and human rights drastically effected and destroyed the Jew’s and Tibetans population. For instance 1.4 million Tibetans and 6 million Jew’s were killed as a result of these laws. Also, when China invaded Tibet in 1949, Tibet lost its freedom of being an independent country. The people of Tibet lost their freedom of speech, religion and culture. Even their identities were gradually decaying by the Chinese. This was just like the Nuremberg laws for the Jewish, except it was named the “Seventeen Point Agreement” for the Tibetans. One of the laws was the Law for Protection of German Blood and Honor. This deprived Jew’s and non-Jew’s of marriage, employing pregnant women, and forbade Jew’s from having German Flags. Another Nuremburg Law was the Reich Citizenship Law this law took away German Jew’s citizenship and rights. Then by 1950 the Chinese communist conquered the Tibet government and did away with the previous government, headed by the Tibetans spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. In conclusion the German government forced the Nazis to obey their harsh laws, and the Tibetans were forced to obey the Chinese government, and to live by their laws.
Many of these Tibetan people were tortured and killed for no reason at all. It was from having peaceful demonstrations, any form of a protest, speeches, and writings ended up in the Chinese government intervening and arresting and torturing many Tibetan people. The chances for the Tibetan people ever to be released were slim to none. There are reports of people being interrogated by extreme measures, whether it was from the electric chair or cattle prods which can conduct a large amount of electrical current into a person’s mouth for no apparent reason. In conclusion, many people of Tibet were either brutally tortured, or killed for no apparent reason whatsoever.
The repression in Tibet began in 1949 when the Chinese government invaded Central Tibet with over 250,000 troops. The result of this now is that Tibet is no longer a free country. They are no longer allowed to practice religion. They are definitely a minority in their own country, because many Tibetan people have been killed. They do not have their own businesses any longer because China has taken those over as well. They always have to be nervous that “spies” from the Chinese government are watching them. In conclusion, Tibet no longer has its freedom or any rights at all.
There hasn’t been any real conclusion to this problem in Tibet. Though, now there are many organizations such as “students for a free Tibet” who are trying to make people more aware of what’s going on in Tibet, and what other people can do to help make the situation better. Also, different organizations have been writing different letters asking leaders of different countries if they will help out with the situation in Tibet. In conclusion, there might possibly be a change happening in Tibet in the near future if people continue to try to get help for the people of Tibet.
Julie, Jamie, Jenna, Erica PD. 2
Friday, June 8, 2007
Period 5 Christian, Andrew, Evan
The Chinese believed that by taking control of Tibet would help Tibet prosper. While this invasion did have the desired effect, it came at the cost of the human rights of Tibet.Period 5 Christian, Andrew, Evan
The Dalai Lama has spoken out against the Chinese repression in an attempt to gain the support of other countries to help Tibet regain its former liberties.Period 5 Christian, Andrew, Evan
The passing Chinese army destroyed all resistance on their route to Lhasa.period 5 Christian, Andrew, Evan
period 5 Christian, Andrew, Evan
In 1949, the People's Liberation Army of China invaded Tibet, and just a few months later, had taken control over the country and imposed their own culture into Tibet after China illegally annexed Tibet that year.Wednesday, June 6, 2007
China and the Repression of Tibet-Period 5, Christian, Andrew, Evan
Tibet was once a very diverse nation and maintained its own government, religion, language and law under the Dalai Lama. Over the century it has been sought out by Imperialist nations such as China, Mongolia and Britain. Until 1949, Tibet was a fully independent nation (since 1911). On October 7th, 1950, the newly Chinese Communist government quickly invaded Tibet, whose Guerrilla tactics and poor defences could not withhold. China began a full military scale occupation of hundreds of thousands of troops.
The Tibetan government was overthrown and replaced with a puppet government controlled by the Chinese Police. Tibet was an important device to control for China in their imperialist ambitions for economic and strategic reasons. They installed a railway from China to the capital, Lhasa to further exploit Tibet's resources (natural) and will increase the amount of immigrants (chinese) and militarization of the area. China's government exclaims that it has installed health and educational benefits, but most Tibetans do not have access to this conditions.
"Over 100,000 refugees through the Nanga Pa pass (1959)"
Chinese invasion marked the end of civil rights for Tibet. Repression of religion and culture continues today as well. Chinese justification rests on their explanation as saving Tibet from imperialism, and a brutal fuedal (serf) system in a "peaceful" liberation. On the contrary, in an uprising in 1959, over 87k Tibetan citizens were killed. With a population of about 6 million, almost 1.2 million have died since then. China points out that Tibet signed the Seventeen point agreement, although in truth the puppet government was forced them to sign it. This document stated that Tibetan soveriegnty was given to China. Due to persecution and lack of course lack of good education/rights, as many as 3,500 people go into exile to flee Tibet by going over the Himalayas.
The most alarming section of Chinese occupation is the denial of basic Civil rights to Tibet. This includes freedom of speech, press, association, religion and travel. Over 6,000 monasteries, nunneries and temples were destroyed during the Chinese invasion. Tibet's political and religious identity were overthrown, taking in political enemies or religious leaders who pose a threat as prisoners. The punishment for peaceful resistance is 10-30 years in prison, where torture is allowed.
Tibet is home and shares its border's with the Himlayan mountains. Their fragile environment is being threatened, or has already been, by China's exploitation. All five rivers of Asia begin in Tibet, where they flow down 14,000 feet. Nearly half the population lives in the basin. Chinese deforestation has been linked to major flooding downstream, to the Yangtze in China. Tibet is also home to many endangered species, such as the snow leopard and blue sheep. But because of the mining of resources, land degration, and hunting, their ecosystems are being destroyed.
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