“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.” Quote by Will Durant.
During his China visit Obama said that “the US accepted that Tibet was part of China, but went on to push for the early resumption of talks between China and the Dalai Lama.”
This is the usual fatuous “appeal” issued by Western worthies to the Chinese Communist Dictatorship to act honourably towards people it dislikes. As ever, it is a waste of breath, but a diplomatic ritual that has to be endured.
Obama knows it is pointless, the Chinese pretend to listen but also know it is pointless as nothing will change. We all know – or should – that it is pointless. Why then do they do it? You can’t call it self-delusion since nobody is deluded. Frankly, I am not sure what to call it.
Of course, the Chinese claim to Tibet varies from ludicrous through spurious to extremely questionable at best …..
… and Taiwan is a free and independent state, and more to the point democratic. It is a disgrace that free, democratic countries have never recognized it.
The truth (that’s what we want, isn’t it?) is that the CCP is a murderous and illegitimate dictatorship, never having submitted itself to a vote. This may of course be very wise on their part, but it isn’t honest, is it?
In the way of dictatorships, it is quite prepared to massacre its own citizens to protect its power, as happened in the seemingly long-forgotten Tiananmen Square. It is a pity that the free world seems compelled to overlook all this in grovelling to China. We have to deal with them, but issuing fatuous appeals, come on ….
I wonder what the parents of those killed by the CCP thought as doves of freedom were released over Beijing during the last Olympic Games?
By Chris Snuggs
[Footnote from the Editor. This is a hard-hitting Post about the reality of relations between the USA and China. It is a reminder of the truth about such relationships. Readers may want to view this to understand also the reality of trade with China. Some of the images are deeply disturbing.]
Learning from Dogs 
Agreed, sort of, but somewhat irrelevant. There are sorts of elections inside the Communist Party. And, as the “Communists” would tell you, Hitler and Mussolini were elected. It takes more than elections to make a democracy. It takes institutions, and a culture.
Now please notice that the Dalai Lama is not elected, either. Thus, as the “USA” calls “China” to renew a dialogue with the non-elected, it is implicitly saying that it is OK, to be non-elected. Thus the Chinese leadership is OK. Says the “USA”. In the guise of criticizing.
Hence, things are not what they seem, even in plain sight. And who elected Goldman Sachs, by the way?
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“irrelevant”? Since when is “the truth” ever irrelevant? Tibet was feudalist and backward. However, the CCP did not go there to bring them into enlightenment, but to seize the territory and ethically-swamp the country with Han Chinese. No doubt the possible mineral and strategic aspects played a role in this decision.
I just plead for “statesmen” not to lie. Tibet does not “belong” to China; its people have been etnically-swamped; their spiritual leader exiled.
It seems to me that this is “the truth”. I don’t like to see “the truth” subservient to diplomatic grovelling, even if it is more convenient to ignore the truth. Ignoring the truth is never best in the long run, is it? Or is that too naive?
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