Tibet

There are crisis in the world everywhere you see these days. But the Tibet crisis has lasted decades and still hasn't been resolved. China, as others would believe, believes that treaties signed under international law are binding on those countries signing them, unless the country is not coerced into signing them by threat or by force. After the invasion of Tibet by China, when the small Tibetan army was defeated, the People's Republic of China imposed a treaty on Tibetan Government under which Tibet was declared a part of China. Now in theory China claims that this treaty was entered entirely voluntarily by the Tibetans & their government. Also that Dalai Lama & his people welcomed the move & the treaty. The facts are however different, the so called 17 point agreement was never validly concluded and the Tibetans rejected it.

"It was absurd to refer to the terms of the Seventeen-Point Agreement. Our people did not accept the agreement and the Chinese themselves had repeatedly broken the terms of it. Their army was still in occupation of eastern Tibet; the area had not been returned to the government of Tibet, as it should have been. [My Land and My People, Dalai Lama, New York, Fourth Edition, 1992, p.95]"

After which started the long course of suffering and torture for the poor Tibetans. It is a fact that the Tibetans tried to negotiate amicably with the Chinese but to no avail, all of their proposals were rejected and the ones suggested by the Chinese were imposed forcefully which led to a lot of blood shed which is still prevalent.

I dont understand why the Chinese Government cant act humane after all these decades and all the cruelties and atrocities they have committed on these peace loving relegious people. Here are some links to recent developments in Tibet and the world:-

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gknD9pf1jJxdndPjMuDTKP2Mekww

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jJS5lqgNRlGJvtVP1uBHRp4XRUbg

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/IOC_jittery_over_Tibet_crisis_boycott_threat/articleshow/2933688.cms