China
Commentary: A day to remember, for Tibetans and all
Former Tibetan serfs danced traditional dances to heartily applaud the legislature's decision on Monday. They applauded the annual celebration as "a big event" and a move "in line with the common aspiration of the Tibetans". Nearly all of them were starved, tortured, traded and lived in constant fear of death before that landmark day in 1959.
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| File photo taken on April 30, 2008 in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region shows Tibetan undergraduates. There are six junior colleges with about 30,000 students in Tibet.(Xinhua/Chogo) |
Yet Thomas Mann, of the Brussels-based European Parliament, purportedly said having such a day was an "unequalled humiliation of Tibetans", according to a report on the Deutsche Welle website.
Mary Beth Markey, of the "International Campaign for Tibet", lambasted the proposal as having reflected an approach the Chinese government has taken in Tibet, which "ignores Tibet's history and identity", the News Blaze reported on its website.
