No, it is this editorial that is telling.
It forcefully brings home the fact that its writer does not understand the situation in China.
China is a land of great ethnic diversity. No government there can afford to have groups making inordinate demands and creating unrest, which is exactly what the original crack-down in Tibet was in response to.
Tibet has been part of China for many centuries. It enjoyed a brief, brief period of a degree of independence.
Most critics of China are not even aware of this history.
I don't know about the editorial writer, but I vividly remember Detroit being "locked down" with armed forces killing something like 44 rioters in the street and marching around with bayonets.
I also remember a large part of Los Angeles being locked down and more than 20 people being shot by armed forces in the street.
The same for a portion of Chicago.
Oh, and I'd like to see what happens to people who organize a party to give back the Hawaiian Islands or New Mexico or Texas. Believe me, the terror laws would be applied swiftly.
China has done nothing - absolutely nothing - you would not see in the United States under similar circumstances.
MANY AMERICANS CONFUSE TIBET WITH SHANGRI-LA
