Events of the past two weeks in Tibet have highlighted an unsuccessful Western approach to effecting change in China. In the aftermath of recent protests in Lhasa, both the Chinese government and the West have responded in typical fashion: an ill-advised media blackout from China and knee-jerk condemnation from the West.
Protests followed by military crackdowns are rapidly, and unfortunately, becoming par for the Chinese course, although they usually remain under the radar of Western media. However, Tibetan independence is...
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