By Ye Xiaowen

Today's Lhasa has returned to its usual placidity. When dark clouds retreat, snow-capped mountains remain sacred; when chaos fade away, let's think again about three problems.

First, what will a boycott to the Olympic Games bring? The Dalai clique has cried out that the Olympic Games is the last chance for Tibetans. They carefully organized, designed, fanned and masterminded such violence as beating, smashing, robbing and burning in Lhasa and some other places. Following them, all kinds of evil forces jumped up, clamoring for Olympic boycott and even trying to grab the Olympic torch during the relay.

Did they realize they were boycotting 1.3 billion Chinese's efforts to become stronger and win their way as well as harming the feelings and dignity of 1.3 billion Chinese? Did they realize they were boycotting the Olympic spirit of peace, harmony, unity and friendship recognized by 6 billion people in the world?

The Chinese people sincerely hope to make friends with the other countries in the world through hosting the Olympic Games.

Who on the earth does China harass to host a sport event? Everyone with conscience and warm heart believes that the world will smile to China if 1.3 billion Chinese smile to it.

Second, what will a connivance with violence bring? Violence and its extreme form terrorism is a disaster for all human beings. Why is it usually sheltered by devotion to a certain religion or nationality? Because, in some peoples and religions, the close combination of ultra-nationalism and religious extremism and the mixture of worshipping the God and an individual create monsters with narrow mind and violent behavior. If let them be, they will finally end up as terrorists that will not hesitate at massive killing of innocent lives.

The United States is suffering backfires caused by its indulgence in violent organizations in the Middle East years ago for its political concerns that helped foster terrorism.

I have noticed a tendency of integration of ultra-nationalism and religious extremism among supporters of "Tibetan independence" initiated and instigated by the Dalai clique. The "Tibet Youth Congress (TYC)" is trending towards a pro-violent and even terror group. Didn't some "TYC" leader say openly that the organization did not rule out gaining independence through suicide bombing and it will be a trend to widely use revengeful body bombs?

If it indulges such tendency, the world will soon see a group of terrorists "fighting for Tibet independence" and it will be a disaster not only for China but also the western world.

Third, what will theocracy bring? There is an old saying "Do as you would be done by others."

Several western countries have the same painful experience to get rid of dark theocratic rule in the Middle Ages to become modern nations.

Half a century ago, the Dalai Lama sat at the top of the theocratic hierarchy in Tibet and now the "constitution" of his "government-in-exile" still holds that Tibet is a theocratic "country."

By comparison, today's Tibet is striding into the modern society after shrugging off the theocratic feudal serfdom. Its economy grows fast and people's living standard greatly improves. The average life-span has increased to 67 years from 35.5 when the Dalai Lama ruled Tibet.

Based on these, the Tibetan language and culture received support from both central and local governments. About 120,000 monks and nuns are living in 3,700 monasteries in Tibet and other Tibetan-inhabited regions, some big ones of which hold several thousand monks. If there was no religious freedom, how would things be this way?

The Dalai clique is not willing to see Tibet modernized. They tried to restore the old serfdom, attacked every new move in Tibet's economic and social development, even against the Qinghai-Tibet railway, and threw muck at the rest part of China for giving financial assistance to Tibet.

Why doesn't the West find out what the Dalai clique did are to return to the past? Is anyone in the world willing to return to the dark Middle Ages? How could we let serfdom to harm people again and theocracy to shadow the region again?

Buddhists admire meditation. Please think again when mote drops placidly and don't forget, Tsongkhapa, the Tibetan Buddhism master and teacher of the 1st Dalai Lama, had said, "You should not kill lives, all existence cherish their lives most."

(China.org.cn April 18, 2008)