| Tibet | Tibet | Imagine if China were to allow the Dalai Lama to reclaim his throne in once-feudal Tibet, but with conditions:
- The new monarch must pledge secret loyalty to China's Communist Party.
- While reigning, he must feign corruption, ineptitude, and severe human rights abuses.
- China's news media will assist in the deception by publishing fabrications about his outrageous behavior, and by portraying suspecting citizens as paranoid, racists, and lunatics.
- The undercover Lama will reform Tibet in China's image, to the benefit of both nations (naturally, as determined by China).
Is this a repugnant scheme? How does it compare with what was done in Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Libya, Iran and {where else?} by Western governments? |
