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What’s really interesting is the perspective regular Chinese have on how to develop Tibet. There’s a great article from The Atlantic, where they interviewed Ch
by anoncow621 7y ago
What’s really interesting is the perspective regular Chinese have on how to develop Tibet.
There’s a great article from The Atlantic, where they interviewed Chinese teachers and social workers that chose to go to Tibet [1].
One comment that stood out was this: “First, I will use my friendship to help [the Tibetans]. But if they refuse my friendship, I will use war to develop them, like the Americans did with the Indians."
1. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/02/tibet-through-chinese-eyes/306395/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/02/tibet-t...
- trynumber9 7y agoThe wars against Tibetan peoples, in a broad sense, have a much longer history than the American Indian wars. So it's no surprise that some would still think in those terms. And the American west is a good example of why many Tibetans are skeptical of Han migration. The western US has no chance to become independent because it was modernized by American settlers much like the Han settlers are modernizing Tibet.
- cdmckay 7y agoI think the word you want is colonized, not modernized.
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- mc32 7y agoSure but colonization has pretty much always brought modernization with it: Roman, Mongol, Ottoman, Spanish, etc. But on the flip side, often times the local pop suffers great losses.
- jplayer01 7y agoI think that's what he means when he says modernize. As in "modernize". Seems entirely intentional to me on several levels. I'm sure the Chinese do see it as modernizing, even if the reality is much more despicable.