http://www.mattblog.net/2008/04/03/a-catch-22-for-the-prc/ UNknown. UNderinformed. UNderthere. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:21:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.mattblog.net/2008/04/03/a-catch-22-for-the-prc/comment-page-1/#comment-16854 Tibet » Blog Archive » a catch 22 for the PRC Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:35:07 +0000 http://www.mattblog.net/?p=161#comment-16854 [...] MattBob’s Killer Webspace… wrote an interesting post today on a catch 22 for the PRCHere’s a quick excerpt … weaknesses everywhere from Tibet to Xinjiang, to rising inflation and civil unrest, environmental disasters and corruption…. One can’t have too many expectations when the PRC has instituted what amounts to military law at numerous monasteries spread throughout Tibet, including L hasa….” Jiang argues that the only way to move toward a solution in Tibet is to negotiate with the Dalai Lama….But he says leaders are now trapped by their own words, which have fueled passionate nationalist sentiments among ordinary Chinese, who fervently believe that Tibet i s Chinese territory…. [...] [...] MattBob’s Killer Webspace… wrote an interesting post today on a catch 22 for the PRCHere’s a quick excerpt … weaknesses everywhere from Tibet to Xinjiang, to rising inflation and civil unrest, environmental disasters and corruption…. One can’t have too many expectations when the PRC has instituted what amounts to military law at numerous monasteries spread throughout Tibet, including L hasa….” Jiang argues that the only way to move toward a solution in Tibet is to negotiate with the Dalai Lama….But he says leaders are now trapped by their own words, which have fueled passionate nationalist sentiments among ordinary Chinese, who fervently believe that Tibet i s Chinese territory…. [...]

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