Colin, Carmarthen, UK

Is there a choice for me. I want to be colour blind so far as race is concerned. I try to see your views but it is not possible. Race is not important but national identity is. I would not know you are from UK nor you about me from Malaysia if we left this out. We go astray?

Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

animah, porto, portugal

Please don't stay biased by reading only western media materials. Do make a visit to Tibet and see for your self whether it is pure Chinese propoganda. You may be surprised to find Western tourists/travellers in remote scenic places. Tibet is beautiful. Must go. OK.
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Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

everybody knows information on what is going on in tibet is highly censured, so that people living in china are spoon fed propaganda about tibet.

animah, porto, portugal

Lim in Malaysia.

What is all this whites versus blacks argument that you do not understand? That kind of racism is old cold war stuff and now in the past. No one nation is conquering and dominating another anymore. Forget about race, nation and identity. It is all interdependent and global now.

Colin, Carmarthen, UK

Kevin Klauber, Austin Texas, USA
Sorry but you are talking nonsense. Buddhism is all about peace, spiritual enlightenment,& non violence. It originated from India. Tibetan Buddhism is a branch only and its teaching deviates. How can monks owe total allegiance to Dalai Lama only?.

Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

lim, what do you know about tibet and china? and who told you about the evil west??? pro china media in malaysia? we are talking about one issue here, dont mixed up the topic, mate. dont point the fingers at the west media and think what happened in tibet is right. i am disgusted by chinese gov

say soon, Penang, Malaysia

wu lin glad to know not all chinese are supporting the own disgusting goverment BLINDLY, i am overseas chinese, shame on you china, wake up people, see the world with your heart

say soon, Penang, Malaysia

RigZin, Santa Fe, USA

There is nothing Mr Rogge did that was wrong. What was/is wrong is the continued Western instigation & interference in China's internal political affairs.
Please note, the world is not the west and the west is not the world. It is wiser to stay focused on own affairs.

Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Mike, Nottingham, UK

I still don't understand why Whites are still so obsessed with Zimbabwe which wants Whites out of the country. I am ashamed to read some comments that whites should return to rule under the old name Rhodesia. Be realistic. It is Zimbabwe & it is Tibet, China.

Lim , Johor Bahru, Malaysia

I think IOC Chair Mr. Rogge must resign before, Beijing games for not upholding the the charter of Olympic games and supporting the most hegemonic dictatorship in the world now.

Or the words like "PEACE", "Friendship" etc should be take out of the Olympic Charter.

RigZin, Santa Fe, USA

Stop ask stupid questions,guys! You even can't imagine what does the Red Terror means! Maybe you know about that from stupid Holliwood propaganda films,but in reality it is not a joke at all. Better let's put aside your McBurgers, come together and help this small nation to stay alive!

Ivar, Dublin, Ireland

It is not that easy to understand. China has spies everywhere. Tibetans have been brutalized since 1950.
HH wants to meet and talk. He does not want a “ Free Tibet” what he wants is true autonomy. He has said he will step down as Dali Lama if that is what it takes.
For 58 years Chinese have taken over culture in Tibet, this is what we are trying to preserve.
Buddha’s Warriors will fight on in some fashion.

kevin klauber, Austin Texas, USA

'Beware the dog that bites the hand that feeds'

Do you realize quite how appalling using that analogy makes you look?

Mike, Nottingham, UK

Where does she get this information from?

Andy, Cambridge, England

actually it is so sad that there is no justice. IOC knows that chinese government are killing innocent people and snatching their right. IOC must take responsibilities of all these life. they must be ashemed of themselves. can't believe they are doing nothing about it???? shame

pasang zompa, london, united kingdom

It is outrageous that China was given the plum of hosting the Olympics. They are a ruthless, brutal government. Why doesn't the news media focus on this? Don't people remember the tanks crushing the young people in Tienamen Square? The nun shot dead in the snow in Nepal by Chinese military?

Carolyn Branch, Atlanta, USA

After the March 14 riot in Tibet, the government should take tight security measures to keep the order and provide safety to the public. If the government does not take cautious measures for the public security, it will fail its duties to its citizens.

Wayne, Princeton, USA

X Wu -- isn't torture wrong? Isn't it the citizen's duty to speak out against inhumane treatment of fellow human beings? I am ashamed of your government. It has turned the Olympics into a symbol of repression and hypocrisy.

Eddie, Toronto, Canada

X Wu: No one has to demonize the Chinese govt - it's doing that all by itself. All the West and Tibetans have done is point out the Chinese govt's abhorrent, narcissistic, abusive behavior. The IOC is a mindless dolt for awarding the games to China based on empty promises instead of actual history.

Franklin, Missouri, USA

No one can be suprised at the way China rules in it's unwilling colony. I assume the IOC are still happy with their decision to award them the games now China proves it's bad reputation well founded..

Lim, your deluded fantasies about the 'Evil West' have made me smile so very much - Thank you

Mike, Nottm, UK

Beware the dog that bites the hand that feeds

paul, notts, uk

Free these monks and boycott the olympics. It doesn't matter what the Chinese government does now they have shown their true colors and they are not pretty.

Chris, wiltshire,

what a shame for my country to use terror and force. the government is our real source of embarrassment for the olympics, not these tibetans that they are beating

wu li, beijing, china

It is a Western strategy. Threaten small nations. Split big nations. Divide the world into small parts, easier to dominate and rule. The Soviet Union is now only Russia and many smaller states, so not a threat to Western designs. Now it is China starting with Tibet. The world better wake up.Unite

Lim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

'Dozens, possibly hundreds...........' Could it be any vaguer?? The widespread devastation caused could not have been done by only a handful of rioters, so maybe it's not so surprising.

Everyone has to register in any none-home region, even tourists not staying in hotels. It's not an issue.

Pu Li, Guangxi, PRC

It is interesting that Jane, "the most hated woman in China" can get so much news about Tibet while she cannot enter Tibet. Where is the new source? From Dalai Dama?

Demonizing China is always safe in political rightness, and attracts readers in the western world.

X Wu, Beijing, China

Most of the tourists won't know the history of the monasteries, or the numbers of monks who were there. The news media have not focused on the continued oppression of the Tibetan people, nor the arrests for practicing their religious traditions.

Bayla, Boulder, USA

i hope this disgraceful government is never given the olympics again, shame on them and shame on the olympic committee for filling their pockets with money so these thugs and tyrants can get some legitimacy... they have enslaved chinese people for decades it time something was done to free them

william gibbons, chengdu, china

Will the tourists notice the reduction in monks?

Owen, SG,