CHINESE-AMERICAN PROFESSOR, Prof. Ivy Lee, a retired California State University, (Sacramento) sociology professor, wrote a thoughtful piece about her first-hand experience in San Francisco with the Tibetan Protesters.
Her writing was published in the Sunday (April 13, 2008) edition of the SACRAMENTO BEE (http://www.sacbee.com/110)at its "Opinion" section.
The BEE is a major newspaper in the capitol of California, i.e. Sacramento, where Governor Arnold Swarzenegger (aka "The Governator"), the Hollywood movie actor and action movie star, now a politician, holds office as the state's top official.
The Governator has stated publicly that he opposes any boycott of the World Olympics Games in Beijing, whether the opening or closing ceremonies.
Prof. Lee wrote about the "skewed" view of the American news media, and the "unworkable demand" of the Dalai Lama for an autonomous "GREATER TIBET" which is too expansive beyond simply the parameters of TIBET province, and interlope upon other minorities in a country with 56 ethnic groups, of which the Han majority is a part. In so doing, the Dalai Lama's demand for Tibetan autonomy will require "ethnic cleansing" on the part of the Central government to appease the Tibetan lamaist vision of a theocratic society.
Many Americans don't even know nor understand that China is a multi-ethnic society, and Tibet province is only one part of a multi-ethnic country.
Her thoughtful piece may be accessed by clicking on the online website of the Sacramento Bee :
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/856121.html
