The Tibetans in Lhasa are more interested in going to the bars and discos set up with the chinese than following the Dalai Lama. People in China including Tibet realise that the Chinese government is doing a great job in providing economic prosperity. They know that they are at a phase of development where "government knows best" and when they get developed, they will start getting the political freedom. Freedom from hunger is the first freedom a person seeks when he or she is born.