Some of you may come across this blog and wonder if it serves any purpose and if it will make any different. I am not that naive to think that China would give Tibet independence just because there is a blog online that says it should. (But hey China, if you're reading, would you please consider?)
But, I believe in the power of everyday people to change the world and if enough people care about Tibet and its people's freedoms, then there will be positive change. So I do my part. I post updates on the issue, and try my best to research and understand the issue so that I can present it to you. I want to help people understand and perhaps, I may stir someone up to do something phenomenal. I want to prevent Tibet from being forgotten or ignored, and champion their cause for justice.
To be clear, I do not hate China or Chinese people. I simply believe that everyone has the right to freedom, equal treatment and to flourish in a safe environment. Tibetans have been robbed of the resources of their own homeland, their religious rights and their political rights to be heard and to effect change. Their human rights have been compromised by a closed authoritarian system that discriminates against ethnic minorities, and uses force to keep order. People in China are being fed false information, taught an imagined history that Tibet has ALWAYS been part of China, that Tibetans are barbarians in need of Chinese culture and control, and truthful news about Tibet are not made available. In fact, Google in China is censored.
If you think that this is too political, and it is better to be apolitical, let me say this. Being apolitical is a political stand, and the political view is this-- that people who live outside your inner circle do not matter. Unless you believe this to be true, it is time to open your eyes, see the world, and stand up for what is right.
And if you are a Christian, remember that Jesus came for the world, to seek what is lost, to free the captives and give hope to the hopeless. I am not suggesting that you drop Bibles into Tibet. I am suggesting that you live the living Word, and do your part to care about the world that Jesus died for. Be the hands and feet of God, and make justice prevail for the people He loves.
"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn"
Isaiah 61:1-2
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