Beijing Misses Its Chance for Peace in Tibet – General
online.wsj.com — Last year, I wrote in these pages of my hope that the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan people's uprising on March 10 might inspire the Chinese government to reappraise its policies and adopt a more realistic approach to Tibet. As we mark the 51st anniversary today, it's becoming increasingly clear that Beijing isn't serious about resolving the crisis peacefully. In response to the 2008 uprising in Tibet, Beijing resorted to a violent crackdown and a more severe imposition of the same policies that had led to the protests in the first place. These include an intensified indoctrination campaign—so-called political education—for monks as well as vitriolic personal denigration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
