Chinese Communists Waging "Cultural Genocide": Dalai Lama

Story here. Emphasis mine.

Speaking at the headquarters of the Tibetan government in exile, the Dalai Lama endorsed the right of his people to press grievances peacefully against the Chinese authorities, and said he would not ask Tibetans to surrender to Chinese military police by midnight on Monday, as Beijing has demanded. He said he had no moral authority to do so and that Tibetans had beseeched him not to capitulate to that demand.

"Whether the Chinese government admits it or not, a nation with an ancient cultural heritage is actually facing serious dangers," the Dalai Lama told reporters during an emotionally charged news conference here. "Whether intentionally or unintentionally, some kind of cultural genocide is taking place."

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Some Tibetans hope to press for outright independence from China. They argue that they have an unprecedented political opportunity to push for change as China prepares to be the host country for the Olympic Games in August and faces intense scrutiny of its human rights record.

Talk about being "under the microscope"! The Communists wanted the Olympics, but it doesn't seem they're willing to do what it takes to earn them, despite being wrongly granted the right to host them by a corrupt, greedy, self-perpetuating International Olympic Committee.

Though the impact of the Dalai Lama's words was difficult to gauge, they were almost certain to further enrage Beijing. Even as he spoke, there were unconfirmed reports that demonstrations by ethnic Tibetans had spread to the nearby Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai.

I believe that may be an indicator of far more to come. Again, we must ask: Will the Communists take actions which will unavoidably shock and horrify the international community into realizing just what a horrendous regime currently tyrannizes China and the territories it illegally occupies/aims to illegally occupy?

Depending on the CCP's behavior in the near future, they will either slow or accelerate the death knell of the Communist Party.

"They have no experience how to deal with problems through talk, only suppress," he said.

The world continues to watch intently. The Communists cannot any longer count on people giving them the benefit of the doubt and must earn what they desire... or they'll again shoot themselves yet again in the foot.

Whatever happens, the rule of the Communists will soon, and must necessarily, come to an end.