Comments on: Newsweek via Cankao Xiaoxi: The Tibetans Have Never Had it So Good

By: Marta Tomczak

Marta Tomczak — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:53:03 +0000

the first tv news on tibet in chinese tv i remember was that of Jiang Zemin bringing hundreds of computer sets to poor tibetan schools. it was a regular topic for a week years back. last years much have been filled with only more.
the mentioned computers probably ended up in the schools with han-kids majority anyway.
and probably it is han part of the pocket there which is becoming better off.
there are permissions to start business, applications to open restaurants, etc etc, things are going on and people are encouraged to lift up the economy of tibet, it is just that this is a certain part of the society which gets access to it.

Bruce, you are doing a great job!

By: LEF

LEF — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:48:49 +0000

It’s a fresh perspective never reported in the Western press. I applaud the reporter for taking the steps to write this article. It is a hard pill to swallow for some, but facts are facts. No drinking the kool-aid here. Just reporting a side many have neglected to see.

By: Gyame Kyaktsar

Gyame Kyaktsar — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:50:39 +0000

Increasingly, many western ‘freelance’ reporters and ‘friends’ living in China become the mouthpiece for the Chinese regime. Is it Stockholm Syndrome?

Isaac seem to argue that the Tibetans should be grateful for China’s treatment of Tibetans because they have brought economic ‘prosperity’ in the cities. If Isaac was truly interested in knowing why Tibetan loyalty is not achieved, he needs to talk to the Tibetan people in Tibet. As well, the money that is spent in Tibet is simply a tool to maintain power. How much of it truly benefits the Tibetans? And how much of it has gone to the leaders?

China is a master manipulator. If Tibet has truly been part of China — as China claims since the seventh century (recently modified to 13th century) — why do they feel the need to still assert it 1300 years after the ‘fact’. The fact is Tibet was NEVER part of China and Tibetans have NEVER identified as a Chinese.

Tibetans cannot be bought should have been the headline of this story.

By: Cindy Carter

Cindy Carter — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:33:17 +0000

You get it right every time, Bruce. No one else has illustrated so vividly the way that China-related western journalism is translated, altered and re-packaged in the Chinese press. Someone ought to be paying you for your efforts. China Digital Times (chinadigitaltimes.net) should employ you as a regular columnist.

By: Micah Sittig

Micah Sittig — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:21:15 +0000

Love these kinds of articles, thanks for doing them.