"compensation" to the victims of violence in Tibet, and in my country (the USA) the press is calling this "propaganda." I need to clarify two things here. 1. The Chinese government is going to pay compensation to the (victims) innocent people who were killed, injured and had property losses during the Tibetan riot. These victims where mainly ethnic-Han not Tibetan. The official report said, 18 civilian and 1 police were killed (non identified as Tibetan). All the burnt down stores and buildings were own by again ethnic-Hans not Tibetans. Where is the act of redemption here? I did not hear a word of apology. It is clearly Chinese government's effort to calm the ethnic-Hans. The ethnic-Hans out numbers Tibetan 2:1 in Tibet. You don't want the ethnic-Han to chase down the Tibetan monks. The ethnic-Hans were brave enough to settle in Tibet during the worse times. They are a feisty crowd. 2. Tibet should have been left independent. If we examine the last 500 year of tibetan history, Tibet was ruled by others for more then 433 year and left independent for less than 67 years. Qing (Manchu-ethnic minority) Dynasty for 376 years and CCP for the last 57 years. Which means, Tibet was only left independent during war times or power transition in the Middle Kingdom. Believe it or not, majority of history Tibet had a peaceful co-existence with the other ethnic groups in the Middle Kingdom.
