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Quote by: Winter wind  Also, the Tibetan's haven't been treated very well. http://www.tibet.net/en/diir/pubs/wp...ng%20Truth.pdf
states that 1.2 million Tibetans have died due to violence or other indirect causes since the "Great Leap Forward" (1958-1960).
While this has probably been exaggerated, more accurate polls place the number at 200,000 (according to The Black Book of Communism). |
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Also, MILLIONS of people died in the "great leap forward". 20-43 million of Chinese people. Yet only 200 000 Tibetans died. I am not trying to make it sound like the lives of 200 000 Tibetans is not a significant number. However, when you consider that 20-43 million people died, it pretty obvious that the chinese government wasn't "treating Tibetans badly." It was universal and everybody was suffering. Tibetans are no exception.
Unless you believe that those 200 000 Tibetan deserve special attention compare to the 20-43 million other people. And that the government should have ignore even more people and let them die to make sure that the 200 000 Tibetans survived the Great Leap Forward. And if you really think that way, I see no further point in continuing this debate.
My source:
Twentieth Century Atlas - Death Tolls