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Tibet's Last Stand: The Tibetan Uprising of 2008 and China's Response ReviewI began writing this book at the time of the March 2008 uprising. The protests and demonstrations had an air of desperation about them (Tibetans waving flags, knowing the penalty for that). As the story went on it became more about China's response. China managed to counter international threats to boycott the Olympic opening by pretending to dialogue with the Dalai Lama's representatives (in late April and July). And they exploited the Sichuan earthquake for international sympathy. Once the Olympics were over they scornfully rejected the Memorandum on Tibetan Autonomy that the Tibetan side presented. Since then they have declared Tibet a core issue of China's sovereignty about which China cannot legitimately be criticized by anyone who has recognized Chinese sovereignty over Tibet--and that's everyone! They say that Tibet is not an issue of human rights, ethnicity or religion and they will not talk about those issues with anyone, whether foreign critics or the Dalai Lama's reps. They have put unprecedented pressure on all countries to avoid meeting with the Dalai Lama. So, even though it seemed in March 2008 that the uprising would create leverage against China for Tibetans and their supporters, the Chinese managed to turn it into what they now think is their advantage. They have mounted a new diplomatic offensive in regard to Tibet. This new offensive, combined with the repression inside Tibet and the intolerance of any measure of autonomy, is what inspired the title, Tibet's Last Stand? Notice the question mark. I don't mean to say that China will finally be successful in repressing all Tibetan resistance, within Tibet or internationally, just that their response to the uprising was to become even more intolerant of Tibetan autonomy and international support for Tibet. They now seem to believe that they have to eradicate the Tibetan political issue and they think they have the means--repression, patriotic education, development, colonization and the diplomatic offensive--to do so.
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