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Not all Chinese are cruel to Tibetans. For much of history, since the T'ang Dynasty, China and Tibet have been peaceful neighbors and even allies at times. Buddhism has played a big role in this. The prevailing belief during the Q'ing Dynasty in the region was the Three Bodhisattvas theory where the Emperor of China was Manjusri Bodhisattva of wisdom, the Dalai Lama of Tibet was Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva of Compassion, and the King of Nepal was Vajrapani Bodhisattva or Enlightened Power.

Today many Chinese have a reverent view of Tibet and His Holiness the Dalai Lama as a modern expression of these old traditions.

This all changed in the modern era with the introduction of three Western concepts - Colonialism, Nationalism, and Materialism (of which Communism is an out growth). These concepts rationalised the aggressive relocation of population from one country to another, the enforced centralisation of control by elites over a geographic area, and replacing of profound spiritual traditions with superficial focus on the material pleasures of a single life. These were combined with bad Chinese cultural habits such as Imperialism, Feudalism, and Nepotism to create a very painful situation for the ordinary Chinese people themselves, and they take out their pain on the Tibetans who are less powerful.

There are many other positive modern concepts, such as science, human rights, ecology and democracy, that have developed in the West specifically to protect ordinary people against these degenerate attitudes.

China could find a wonderful new way forward that blends the best of the traditional wisdom of the East with the best modern Western institutions to relieve their own suffering and by extension, the suffering of the Tibetans.

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