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Why Tibet?

Publication: Arena Magazine
Publication Date: 01-APR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Why Tibet?(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)

Article Excerpt
Curious that the business pages of The Age (9 April) should run an article by journalist Michael Backman musing on the Tibet protests and the western attitude towards Chinese suppression of Tibetan culture. It was an ambiguous piece, seemingly recognising the Tibetan right to exist, while casting doubt on the motives of westerners romantically, aka irrationally, supporting such a 'medieval', theocratic culture. If nothing else, the location of this article in the business pages did serve to remind us that Tibet is about issues beyond human rights. Indeed, geopolitical interests loom large here, intimately connected as they are to the rise of China as an economic superpower, the US battle for hearts and...

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