Tibet! Holy Shit!

By Johnnie

I'd like you to know that I live in Chongqing, China. Life is getting a little more interesting these days. China is having internal issues with Tibet. This has been going on for almost two weeks now and seems like it's finally starting to settle down a bit. In China it's been really weird. The flow of information here is always an issue, but it's gotten worse in the last two weeks. Youtube has been shut down along with the blocking of major news websites in the country. China is getting the communist party line across on a very consistent basis to it's people. It's kind of scary
here. I know that I'll be fine, because China protects foreigners more than anyone else, but there are some issues here.

One of the big things is that a lot of the Tibetans here hate the Chinese government. One Tibetan student said that he hopes that the fighting continues into the summer so he can go back and fight. He also said that the Chinese army is going into every house looking for pictures of the Dalai Lama. China's also freaking out about the Beijing Olympics and boycotts and the whatnot.

There's a ton about this in the news these days. I've actually been to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet and enjoyed myself there. Tibet is a society unlike any other in the world and it needs to be taken care of by everyone involved. So, just think about it a little bit. Tibet is mind blowing, but it won't be if it's blown up.