Thursday, 7 August 2008

Tibet or not Tibet

Tibet will no doubt get more coverage in the next couple of weeks, so it was opportune to ask QQ(a Chinese school student presently staying with us) about Tibet.
"The Dalai Lama, you know, " she told me, "is a fool!"
I obviously reacted visibly, but it did not stop her continuing the official line that such a young one has been so effectively delivered in her schooling.
It was difficult to continue the converse with one so young, without breaching good hospitality.
I suppose what shocked me most was how uncompromising the indoctrination has obviously been.

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