14th Dalai was not picked up by PanChan Lama, is he real or fake? Dalai has not right to pick up Panchan Lama. Panchan Lama used to rule west Tibet, while Dalai ruled east Tibet. But 9th Panchan Lama had to flee Qinghai Province because 13th Dalai Lama wanted to conquer his place. 14th Dalai even didnot recognize 10th Panchan Lama and appointed his 10th Panchan, but he had to recognize 10th Panchan Lama, and Panchan he appointed fled India and no one knows where he is.
Kangxi emperor had ever abolished 6th Dalai Lama in history.
Amazing! What an amazing trip. The artwork alone speaks volumes for how unique their culture is. It looks like the music hall was good times. I am glad I finally got the link from you. I would hate to have missed this.
Help finding tour operator to E.B.C. please Hi! How are you?
My name is Manuel, I live in Spain and I'm going in September to Lhasa. I saw your blog about your 3 day trip to Everest Base Camp. I want to do exactly the same (3 day ride to EBC) because I'll be travelling only 3 weeks in China and I plan to go from Beijing to Xian, Lhasa, Chengdu, Guilin, Hong Kong and Shanghai, so I don't have much time to stay in Tibet but 5 days max.
I would appreciate if you could tell me the name or even the contact details of the tour operator with whom you booked your 3 day tour to Ev. B. C. and if it is possible the price they charged for it.
Thank you very very much, and I hope you'r enjoying your long stay in China!
Best regards!
Manuel
Evidence, what evidence? When your government fears any civil unrest, such as that among the six million Tibetans last year, they use their unfettered power not for dialogue, but to lock down huge areas of territory. They send in thousands of troops, cut off cellphone, internet services, deny foreign journalists access, and make 'problems' disappear. In this unofficial state of martial law, soldiers and police officers constrict then restrict all travel using checkpoints, march through streets and check people for identification cards.
How do you think any evidence the PRC opened fire on Tibetans will ever be seen or heard, and just in case, nobody in all of China now has access to Youtube.
Everything you know as reality is a result of carefully planned and organized mis-information...go see for yourself.
Go see for yourself... In response to your assertion that the PRC does not want to kill Tibetan culture, you are not aware of reality and simply spewing the misinformation that is rampant here. The media tends to focus on the politics of the protests since these provide such rewarding drama, but after almost 50 years of living under Chinese rule, show me a Tibetan that doesn't believe Tibet is an independent country? And China continues to be baffled, “Why do Tibetans feel this way? Have we not modernized Tibet? Tibetans now have electricity, roads and medical care. Aren’t Tibetans more prosperous than they were fifty years ago?”
These advances are material in nature and confined almost exclusively to urban areas. The Tibetans I talked with feel like they are second class citizens under the thumb of the PRC. They don't have the same rights, privileges, or economic opportunities that the Han Chinese enjoy. They also feel their culture is under siege and this is obvious from anyone who visits. For example, at Tibet University in Lhasa, the only officially recognized institution of higher learning in the TAR, Chinese is the only official language of instruction, along with scant support or academic programming related to Tibetan language, literature, culture, or the arts. Go there and see for yourself, don't just repeat what your own rulers tell you...
Nobody in your country can own a gun except the government/military, and this also means the government/military are free to do whatever they want, to whoever they want, whenever they want - such as opening fire on peaceful monks who are protesting their cultural genocide.
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After more than one year, even Dalai can not provide an evidence that Chinese policemen did open fire on PEACeful monks. How about you?
No one wants to kill Tibetan culture. Tibetan culture is part of Chinese culture. However, bad traditions should be got rid of. Dalai is just like Middle Ages Pope. He owned slaves and enjoied the Potala Palace and the summer palace (Norbulingka) while average tibetans had no land of themselves and were treated badly. So the TRaditional slavey should be abolished.
Culture is developing, and never stop at one point. China has influenced Korea for thousands of years. But now Chinese like korean movies and TV dramas. Why? Because Koreans develop their economy and their culture.
So only developing economy of Tibetan area is most important.
When you enjoy your modern living condition, you want the Tibetans to stay and live like nomad just for your curiosity.
Hey, Comment #2... Mao once said that the Chinese Communist Party should always work “to accept what is useful and healthy, and to discard what is not.” Let these words serve as a guide for the Chinese leadership TODAY, and in the future...the current policy in Tibet is not working, is there anyone who thinks it is? I have noticed that Chinese police usually don't carry guns - why would they - there is no need. Nobody in your country can own a gun except the government/military, and this also means the government/military are free to do whatever they want, to whoever they want, whenever they want - such as opening fire on peaceful monks who are protesting their cultural genocide.
Thanks for the comment and for reading our blog...
Peace.
Hey, stopandstare... Actually I do not detest the Chinese government at all and I am quite surprised that they have such little interaction with the Chinese people on a day to day basis; I was expecting the exact opposite - a cloying, suffocating machine that stifles liberties and expression at every turn. What I do detest though, is how they handled, and continue to act today in the name of 'liberating' Tibet. I do agree that Tibet is not a separate nation and belongs to China, but how is China's fear of split-ism a reason for the strangling and killing of an entire culture of peaceful, fundamentally-religious people?
If Dalai stopped making trouble, and the separatists stopped making trouble, it's not necessary to have police and army in the street.
You may have noticed that chinese policemen usually don't carry guns with them in most Chinese cities, unlike in US.
Potala Palace, Summer Palace, Walking in circles... Hi,
I commented on one of your earlier blog posts.
It is clear that you detest the Chinese government. Thus a natural question arises: what are the hell are you doing in China?
plesantly surprised I enjoyed the subtle intrusion of the one English word (sorta) that I could
see in all your excellent photographs. In the midst of Gods and palaces and
mountains and ageless wonders lies the fascade of some building with the
artistically etched words "Budwiser" marching around the perimeter. Subtle,
berry subtle Sean O San.
Thanks for pausing and leaving a note. I can not stop
myself from being nervous. I had no idea I cared so
much about both of you and your safety.
I look forward to your resting up and then blogging for
all of us.
....Of Love, say What! Awesome video. It lifted my heart to hear you laughing and talking... most times when we skype, you have only been awake for 2 minutes, so it's nice to hear/see you in normal times...
Jen, hope you didnt have to change your shorts.... you sounded a "little" nervous there towards the end =)
remember Sean,
Do you remember the lyrics from the Rush song I sent you a while back? I believe it was about this mountain and place.
Just an interesting side note.
Glad you made it out alive.
Stages Sean. what a wonderful encounter. It is so easy for (many) us to take for granted the fears and anxiousness in others, especially in a different culture. I have always been amazed at how having daughters has affected you and the way you react with children. I remember, and notice, every time we shop together or just go anywhere together how relaxed, loving, and generally at ease around kids, be it in lines, or at the beach, or where ever. I was supprized with your decision to teach kids when I first heard it years ago, but that single encounter really sums up why this path is so right for you. I know you are on a spiritual journy to discover "yourself", but I believe it is importaint (and I am sure you do) to remember how many people's lives you are and will be effecting. Much more that the average bear. These kids, the locals, everyone you encounter will most likely remember you forever.
Hats? Sean,
I have noticed in many of the photo's of your students, they all seem to (at one time or another) to be wearing white and blue ball caps. I am assuming that these would be the school colors (like their wind breakers).
Is this correct?
The Big T... Thanks for reading, but hey, get your own blog and stop using my comments section for your own political megaphone (although you are quite prolific)....
a ruled by a gentle, giggling monk?? or not Thanks for reading...but, you missed my point, my description of the Dali Llama is the way I used to view Tibet and his Holiness - the point being I don't see Tibet the same way anymore...yes, Westerner's have been brainwashed, another one of my points..keep reading, I will have more thoughts on Tibet when I return in a month.
your nuts... Thanks for the response...I've been living in China for seven months, not two, and I am the first to admit I don't know much about either of the Big T's...that's why I went to T-Square and that's also why I'm going to Tibet, to see and experience it for myself. Much of China is not pretty, much about every country on earth is not pretty depending on your perspective, but I do love it here and am looking forward to the next six months very much...
your nut's Two weeks and you think you know the whole truth about the T's try living and working inside China for years like me.
Get a Chinese wife like me and try to live a normal life in China like me, You will see the real China.................... and it not pretty.........................
Jennifer Bevan and I have been back in the states for awhile now, we decided to part ways near the end of 2011. We both still live in Tampa, Florida and keep in touch with many of the Chinese students we taught and befriended during our year in DanYang in 2009.
This blog takes place throughout all of 2009. We ended up teaching English to 1,000 Chinese students per week at the #1 and #2 Sr. High Schools in a small town in Southern China, Jiangsu province. We have kept our travels, and memories, fresh by blogging about our adventures here in TravelBlog and we hope you have enjoyed living our ... full info
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14th Dalai was not picked up by PanChan Lama, is he real or fake? Dalai has not right to pick up Panchan Lama. Panchan Lama used to rule west Tibet, while Dalai ruled east Tibet. But 9th Panchan Lama had to flee Qinghai Province because 13th Dalai Lama wanted to conquer his place. 14th Dalai even didnot recognize 10th Panchan Lama and appointed his 10th Panchan, but he had to recognize 10th Panchan Lama, and Panchan he appointed fled India and no one knows where he is. Kangxi emperor had ever abolished 6th Dalai Lama in history.