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Re: Olympic boycott! *LINK*
Posted By: Alan McGrath (12.32.89.121)
In Response To: Re: Olympic boycott! (Mark Haz)
Date: Thursday, April 10, 2008, @ 4:27 p.m.
I agree with the boycott if "those in the know" (our congressman) say it is warranted. All I know about the subject is what I read in the headlines which sometimes are misleading. I would like to know China's side.
I did find the following quote online but I am sure a lot more has transpired since 1999 when the quote/article was written:
"Although Beijing is certainly doing what it can with Tibet's timber and mineral reserves, China spends an enormous amount of money in the region, and if self-sufficiency ever comes, it will not come soon. Tibet does have significant military value: the Chinese do not want to see it under the influence of a foreign power such as India, but not even this would seem to merit the enormous investment. In 1996 China spent some $600 million in Tibet. One foreign observer who has studied the region puts this in perspective: "For that same year the United States gave a total of eight hundred million dollars in aid to all of Africa. That's all of Africa -- we're talking about hundreds of millions of people. In Tibet there are only two and a half million. So if they become independent, who's going to be giving them that kind of money?"
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