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Sikyong Sangay and his monk father _ they lost their "country" in 1959
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lo yeeOn
May 15, 2013, 7:39:27 PM5/15/13
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It's not clear how his father's passing in 2004 means that Sangay
would have an overriding need to visit Tibet to "pay respects and
pray" in 2005, since Sangay also said "My father and my mother -- when
we lost our country, they fled to India as refugees,..." and since the
custom about paying respects to your deceased relatives means either
in your heart or visit their graves. But his father died in India as
an exile.
Always taking care to repeat the propagandistic but false line:
"we lost our country".
Sangay and his family have certainly lost the political system which
favored the monk class to which he and his parents belonged. But the
assertion that the system was a country that they lost in 1959 has no
factual basis. If Tibet was a country, how come it was not a member
of the United Nations which was founded in the year of 1945 (when the
CCP was still nowhere to be heard)?
lo yeeOn
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The Accidental Prime Minister of Tibet
How a Buddhist mindset, the "Middle Way," and a Harvard education keep
Lobsang Sangay, the country's Sikyong, afloat. Oh, and no attachments,
please.
OLGA KHAZANMAY 15 2013, 7:51 AM ET
http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/05/the-accidental-prime-minister-of-tibet/275860/
Sangay never actually lived in Tibet, but his connection to the
region's decades-long struggle for autonomy is generations deep. His
father was a monk who fled Tibet in 1959, the same year as the Dalai
Lama. His uncle was shot dead. His aunt, unable to tolerate the daily
injustices of her life, committed suicide by jumping in a river while
pregnant. Sangay was born in a refugee camp, attended the University
of Delhi, and became the first Tibetan to receive a degree from
Harvard Law School. He stayed on as an academic, organizing
conferences between Chinese and Tibetan scholars throughout the early
2000s.
. . .
The Atlantic spoke with Sangay in Norway, where he recently spoke at
the Oslo Freedom Forum. An edited transcript of our conversation
follows.
Why did you decide to run for office?
My father and my mother -- when we lost our country, they fled to
India as refugees, so I always had this legacy of the separation of my
family. It has stayed in my mind. My parents always felt serving the
cause was very important. I was in Beijing in 2005, but the Chinese
authorities didn't allow me to enter Tibet. My father had passed away
in 2004 -- I told the Chinese authorities that it was important for me
to go to Lhasa -- it's important for Tibetans to pay respects and
pray. Even then, they refused. The legacy of the elder generation and
my own parents' experience was always there.
. . .
would have an overriding need to visit Tibet to "pay respects and
pray" in 2005, since Sangay also said "My father and my mother -- when
we lost our country, they fled to India as refugees,..." and since the
custom about paying respects to your deceased relatives means either
in your heart or visit their graves. But his father died in India as
an exile.
Always taking care to repeat the propagandistic but false line:
"we lost our country".
Sangay and his family have certainly lost the political system which
favored the monk class to which he and his parents belonged. But the
assertion that the system was a country that they lost in 1959 has no
factual basis. If Tibet was a country, how come it was not a member
of the United Nations which was founded in the year of 1945 (when the
CCP was still nowhere to be heard)?
lo yeeOn
--------
The Accidental Prime Minister of Tibet
How a Buddhist mindset, the "Middle Way," and a Harvard education keep
Lobsang Sangay, the country's Sikyong, afloat. Oh, and no attachments,
please.
OLGA KHAZANMAY 15 2013, 7:51 AM ET
http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/05/the-accidental-prime-minister-of-tibet/275860/
Sangay never actually lived in Tibet, but his connection to the
region's decades-long struggle for autonomy is generations deep. His
father was a monk who fled Tibet in 1959, the same year as the Dalai
Lama. His uncle was shot dead. His aunt, unable to tolerate the daily
injustices of her life, committed suicide by jumping in a river while
pregnant. Sangay was born in a refugee camp, attended the University
of Delhi, and became the first Tibetan to receive a degree from
Harvard Law School. He stayed on as an academic, organizing
conferences between Chinese and Tibetan scholars throughout the early
2000s.
. . .
The Atlantic spoke with Sangay in Norway, where he recently spoke at
the Oslo Freedom Forum. An edited transcript of our conversation
follows.
Why did you decide to run for office?
My father and my mother -- when we lost our country, they fled to
India as refugees, so I always had this legacy of the separation of my
family. It has stayed in my mind. My parents always felt serving the
cause was very important. I was in Beijing in 2005, but the Chinese
authorities didn't allow me to enter Tibet. My father had passed away
in 2004 -- I told the Chinese authorities that it was important for me
to go to Lhasa -- it's important for Tibetans to pay respects and
pray. Even then, they refused. The legacy of the elder generation and
my own parents' experience was always there.
. . .
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