A comment from a reader there: "Oh Barry! When I google your name, I discover that your main focus of advocacy turns out to be ... ... defending the Chinese

A comment from a reader there: "Oh Barry! When I google your name, I discover that your main focus of advocacy turns out to be ... ... defending the Chinese Government from accusations that it is doing anything wrong in Tibet. ( http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=Barry+Sautman#sclient=psy&hl=en&safe=active&q=%22Barry+Sautman%22+tibet&aq=&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=5640bd756f22a93a http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie... ) Well, you live in China. If you wanted to protest about Tibet, you couldn't. So instead you do this ( http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=2732 http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=2732 ): Barry Sautman, Associate Professor of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, spoke at UCLA December 2 to defend the thesis that claims of cultural repression against Tibetans by the Han Chinese are greatly exaggerated by Tibetan exiles in India and by the liberal Western press. His talk was met with some skepticism from discussant Nancy Levine (Anthropology, UCLA) and by some members of the audience, but he presented a wide range of data to support his view. The talk was sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies. Oh dearie dearie me. I don't think I like you very much."