There is a sense of righteous indignation in China that Tibetans should be grateful for all the government has done to make them more “civilized”. Cultural genocide has been occurring in Tibet for quite awhile, even before the Chinese government started bringing Han into the region. Now Tibetans are a minority in their own land, and all decisions are made by Chinese representatives. The Chinese even consider themselves to have “liberated” Tibetans from the Dalai Lama’s regime. It’s odd how ridiculous the jingoist logic behind imperialism sounds when it’s another country who’s doing the raping.

“If things become out of control then my only option is to completely resign,” Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, said in Dharamsala in northern India.

Today, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao accused the Dalai Lama of orchestrating riots in which dozens may have died and said his followers were trying to “incite sabotage” of Beijing’s August Olympic Games.

The Dalai Lama, who fled into exile in India in 1959, denied Chinese accusations he was inciting the rioting.

“Investigate throughly, so if you want to start investigating from here you are most welcome,” he said.

“Check our various offices …They can examine my pulse, my urine, my stool, everything.”

The Nobel peace laureate says he wants autonomy for Tibet within China but not outright independence.

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