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demi7en 🎗🇪🇺

@arstechnica Hmm. 🤔 I wonder if people are actually aware how utterly distateful and outrageous it is for the religion-erasing CCP regime to use buddhist concepts and imagery for its space/military arm badge aping purposes.

After seizing power in China in 1949 the communists destroyed and looted scores of historical places of worship, including buddhist heritage.

But even worse, immediately after the takeover the CCP launched their invasion of Tibet — a uniquely devout buddhist nation — and either completely destroyed or damaged and looted all of Tibet's three thousand holy sites that the Tibetans had built over a millenium.

Precious metals were melted and sold to fund the CCP. Remote buddhist sites were used for... artillery practice.

Tibet is still today essentially a large concentration camp for Tibetans. And a rich source for mining. Tibet's rivers have been harnessed to serve the PRC state, depriving Tibet's historical friends downstream (largely buddhists or hindus) of essential regular irrigation flows.

Oh and over a millenium ago Tibetans got fed up with the barbaric Chinese raiding their borderlands and for once invaded the Chinese capital.

As a result the two sides signed *an eternal peace treaty*...

For most of the last millenium the Tibetans willingly provided the Chinese rulers with buddhist guidance and teaching.

Only to be mercilessly crushed, slaughtered and eradicated by the current communists-turned-national-socialist dynasty.

So, the CCP naturally now uses the *sinicized* version of buddhist mythology in their propaganda. Yet without ever admitting let alone atoning for their crimes.

We can choose to ignore or just to not know any of this.

Or we could just choose to *not normalize* that dictatorship. 🤷‍♂️

It's fair enough for ARS to cover this "badge" matter, but I'm sure at least some of you can see how, after decades of normalizing and apolitical business ties, lack of any historical background can result in ever greater disconnect with the reality of "People's Republic's" rise.

#Tibet#buddhism#ccp
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LM Little

Agreeing completely with the publisher's summary! "Breathtaking in scope and powerfully intimate, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies is a gorgeously written meditation on #colonization, displacement, and the lengths we'll go to remain connected to our families and ancestral lands. Told through the lives of four people over fifty years, this beautifully lyrical debut novel provides a nuanced portrait of the world of #Tibetan exiles."

#Reading#Books#Bookstodon
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Eric Bender

China’s Mega Dam Project Poses Big Risks for Asia’s Grand Canyon

China’s plans to build a massive hydro project in Tibet have sparked fears about the environmental impacts on the world’s longest and deepest canyon. It has also alarmed neighboring India, which fears that China could hold back or even weaponize river water it depends on.

e360.yale.edu/features/china-t

Yale e360China’s Mega Dam Project Poses Big Risks for Asia’s Grand CanyonChina’s plans to build a massive hydro project in Tibet have sparked fears about the environmental impacts on the world’s longest and deepest canyon. It has also alarmed neighboring India, which fears that China could hold back or even weaponize river water it depends on.
#environment#ecosystem#climatechange
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Frau Mensch 😷

#Tibet im Exil: Eine der erfolgreichsten Flüchtlingsgeschichten der Moderne

Der 🙏 Dalai Lama 🙏 und seine tibetischen Mitflüchtlinge heben sich als Gemeinschaft von einer Vielzahl anderer Flüchtlingsgruppen in der ganzen Welt ab. Ihnen ist es gelungen, ihre nationale Identität wiederzubeleben und sich im Exil zu organisieren.
tibet-initiative.de/tibet-im-e

Tibet Initiative Deutschland e.V. · Tibet im Exil: Eine der erfolgreichsten Flüchtlingsgeschichten der Moderne | Tibet Initiative Deutschland e.V.o Kategorien: Brennpunkt Tibet,
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Frau Mensch 😷

📖 Techung: Eine Reise mit Widerstandskraft und Hingabe

Vom Exil in Sikkim bis auf die Bühnen der Welt: Ein tibetischer Künstler erzählt, wie ihn Musik mit der Vergangenheit, der Natur und seiner kulturellen Verantwortung verbindet. Tibetische Klänge als Bewahrung einer bedrohten Kultur – spirituell, lebendig und voller Bedeutung.
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tibet-initiative.de/techung-ei

Tibet Initiative Deutschland e.V. · Techung: Eine Reise mit Widerstandskraft und Hingabe | Tibet Initiative Deutschland e.V.Vom Exil in Sikkim bis auf die Bühnen der Welt: Ein tibetischer Künstler erzählt, wie ihn Musik mit der Vergangenheit, der Natur und seiner kulturellen Verantwortung verbindet. Tibetische Klänge als Bewahrung einer bedrohten Kultur – spirituell, lebendig und voller Bedeutung.
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