11/19 new info source founded and thoughts about the memo

1. Found a website, http://www.savetibet.org/, worthy reading.
a) In the Chinese version, there are different columns listed as 'how Chinese view Tibet', 'How Tibetan view Tibet' and 'how other people view Tibet' and so on. Feels it is not only organized but also in a way that respect the different background and approaches.
b) I entered 'how Chinese view Tibet', feel comfortable to look through an article questioning the statement given by Mr. Zhu---see the detail in my previous entry titled with 'stupid Chinese spokesman', in a very moderate attitude. From the abstract of other articles listing there, I feel like reading most of them.
c) I entered 'how Tibetan view Tibet' and every article there looks very attractive. Some of them talk about Tibetan Buddhism, some talk about the roit in Tibet this March, some question the railroad, some analyze the policies from Central government in Tibet...It looks like a wonderland and they are all in Chinese, which would make my reading way more easier and faster. I am looking forward to spending lots of time reading them.
d) Found an article, in English version, about the Tibet in Exile special meeting inside report, which somehow doesn't show up in the Google search result. I don't have time to read it today, but noticed the highlighted 'no violence' and so on. I will come back with more detail.
e) Chinese version and English version is very different, almost shares no similarities. All the things I mentioned above I couldn't find in the English version. There is way more political related news in English version and a PDF icon for the inside magazine. From the glance of the inside magazine, my affection for this site faded because it is in a way I am exactly against---things are complex so there is no bad guy or good guy given the whole picture. But anyway, I'll get the most out of this site.

2. Found a blog, http://david.pengfamily.net/?p=620, by searching the title of the memo in Chinese.
To my great surprise, this is a very professional looking blog, the entry I read was full with quote, from history, from different authors, from different sources with dates, names, and sounded very academic. A glance of the entries there made me feel happier---more academic question/critic/analysis entries listed there waiting for people who care enough to know. I will definitely read more from this blog.

3. Search on Google
a) English, no updates about the Tibet in Exile special meeting
b) English, Chinese Central government has the delegation touring around the world talking about Tibetan culture and 'Tibet has been one part of China for 700 years', no matter whether it is true or not, it has nothing to do with Tibetan 's desire to get independence, and most importantly, it contributes nothing to solve the current problem.
c) English, stupid Mr. Zhu said Beijing is still open to have talks with Dalai Lama. I won't talk to this kind of stupid person since it is only wasting my time, look into my previous post about him, oh, men, I am mad.
d) Chinese, one BBS link had the title of the memo in its content, and one comment about 10) Regulation on population migration in IV BASIC NEEDS OF TIBETANS of the memo. But when I click the link, it showed an error msg that the thread has been removed or deleted. Whatever. Other Chinese sources are not from mainland China.

4. Thoughts about the memo of genuine autonomy.
I found the Chinese version of the memo about genuine autonomy. Reading the native language does help me understand it better.
It is well-written, well-organized, well-developed document, based on articles from Chinese constitution and Law on Regional National Autonomy (LRNA) of China. My thoughts are:

a) Confusion
in IV BASIC NEEDS OF TIBETANS of the memo,
6) Utilisation of Natural Resources, 'only the nationality of the autonomous region shall have the legal authority to transfer or lease land, except land owned by the state. In the same manner, the autonomous region must have the independent authority to formulate and implement developmental plans concurrent to the state plans.'---as far as I know, all the lands are owned by the state, so what is the land Tibetan are talking about here? Maybe I need to find more info about the land ownership policy of China.
9) Public Security, 'The Constitution (Article 120) and LRNA (Article 24) recognise the importance of local involvement and authorise autonomous areas to organise their security within "the military system of the State and practical needs and with the approval of the State Council."' ---it sounds dangerous. They want to have military army?
10) Regulation on population migration ---I understand the points being said and I think it is reasonable, but it really doesn't make sense to block the Han migration! People are going to the places where the money could make profits. I agree that currently the policy provides subsidy or something like that to encourage Han to go to Tibet, but even if it stops doing so, people would still come to do business. If Tibet decides to make the environment hostile to Han people or to business development, sure, people would stop migration, but what's point then?
V APPLICATION OF A SINGLE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE TIBETAN NATIONALITY IN THE PRC 'The LRNA recognises the principle that boundaries of national autonomous areas may need to be modified. The need for the application of the fundamental principles of the Constitution on regional autonomy through respect of the integrity of the Tibetan nationality is not only totally legitimate, but the administrative changes that may be required to achieve this in no way violate constitutional principles. '---It says all the Tibetan should be managed under the same government and so on, I totally agree. But the situation is there are parts of other provinces that Tibetan are living, for example, some area in the earthquake area in Sichuan province. Does Tibetan people want to expand the boundary of Tibet into such areas, as Dalai Lama wrote in his book? I sincerely don't think it is possible at all.

b) Suggestion
There are many places I suggest the author to list some numbers, some facts to give the audience some idea about the comparison about what it is and what it should be, and in my opinion it would make the understanding easier and it is easier to find the rationality and sympathy among people, who, most of the time, are not blind, but just don't know.
Especially, 3) Religion 'The normal practice to hold public teachings and the empowerment of large gatherings is covered by this freedom and the state should not interfere in religious practices and traditions, such as the relationship between a teacher and his disciple, management of monastic institutions, and the recognition of reincarnations.' These sound totally legitimate but is listed here as the basic need. So I really want to know what the current problems are, how severe the problem is, what's the reaction from the Central Government when this issue was came up with before, and so on.
And 7) Economic Development and Trade 'The Constitution also recognises the principle of autonomy in the administration and management of finances (Article 117, and LRNA Article 32). ' Trent said from what he saw, Han benefits a lot from the economic development but the Tibetan people are not. I really like to see the related policies, or statistics figures about how the economy benefits different group, which would make the problems way much clear since the economy development is the biggest card the Central government is playing to say that the majority of Tibetan people are happy.
10) Regulation on population migration as I said in the Confusion part, if the author could put some number here, like the Han migration rate increased x% recently and x% local business is occupied by Han, or something like that, I am sure people would understand why it is the basic need, instead of feeling uncomfortable by the thought.

c) Frustrated that the effort and development from Central Government is NOT mentioned at all. Instead, it says that 'The Tibetan people remain one of the most economically backward regions within the PRC.' in 7) Economic Development and Trade, and 'The existing health system fails to adequately cover the needs of the rural Tibetan population. ' in 8) Public Health. There are lots of areas very poor and lots of areas don't have healthy coverage. China government poured, POURED money into Tibet, although the attitude is stupid, the positive consequence is SOLID! Wouldn't it be nice if the author just admitted the contribution of Central Government a bit? But I also think I can understand if the most important need can not be satisfied, all the other good aspects are deliberately ignored. But still!! The progress is solid and obvious!!

OK, too much to read, too much to write, and too little time to do it. This entry covers the daily news purpose and summarized my thoughts on the memo, which I said I would post. Feel good to fulfill what I wanted. Friday i will sure come back with more updates, or more thoughts from reading the background.