El Tíbet saltó a las primeras páginas de la prensa mundial el mes pasado, cuando algunos tibetanos atacaron a personas de etnias han y hui y sus bienes. No cabe duda de que los primeros en emplear la fuerza eran tibetanos. Los incidentes han puesto de relieve que China tiene un problema en la Región Autónoma del Tíbet. Las varias tandas de negociación entre Pekín y representantes del dalái lama no han dado hasta ahora fruto positivo.
Aunque existen versiones distintas de la historia, es indudable que desde el siglo XIII, en que tanto China como Tíbet fueron conquistados por los kanes mongoles, han existido lazos entre ambos, más o menos fuertes en diversos momentos históricos.… Seguir leyendo »
As what the Dalai Lama has called "cultural genocide" goes on in Tibet, it is wholly unacceptable that Jacques Rogge, the head of the International Olympic Committee, refuses to take a stand against the Beijing government's current crackdown on Tibetan protesters. In fact, this is completely at odds with the "spirit of the Olympics."
Far more than Steven Spielberg, who quit his advisory role for the Summer Games because of China's unwillingness to pressure the Sudanese government on genocide in Darfur, the IOC has a special obligation to act. Since promised improvements in China's human rights were a quid pro quo for awarding the Games to Beijing, how can it proceed as if nothing happened when blood is flowing in the streets of Lhasa?… Seguir leyendo »
When China announced its plans to pave a highway to the Mount Everest base camp in Tibet as part of its 2008 Olympic preparations, adventurers around the world winced at the latest encroachment into the Himalayan wilderness. Mountaineers who have already been to Everest, however, were more likely to greet the announcement of the “blacktop highway fenced with undulating guardrails” with little more than a shrug.
Despite an elevation of more than 17,000 feet, it’s been a long time since the Chinese base camp has resembled a wilderness.
A multistory hotel has been open for years now, just an hour’s walk from base camp, with hot meals, cold beer, soft beds and a telescope aimed at the mountaintop.… Seguir leyendo »
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