My grandmother fled Tibet in 1957 after decades of tyranical and oppresive rule by the Dalai Lama.
Everyone was in poverty except the high ranking monks and their political stooges. Women were raped, beaten and subjected to daily cruelty without and recourse to justice.
My grandmother returned to Tibet in 1965 where she lived until 1991. Although not a communist, she saw their rule was far fairer and the vast majority benefited from that regime.
My grandmother incidentally, although born in Tibet, considered herself Chinese as our ancestory can be traced back to the 14 th century when for many centuries Tibet was governed by and part of China.
These protestors are clueless about the Ture facts and only choose to believe the ridiculous anti-chinese propoganda of the BBC who failed to gain exclusive coverage of the olympics resulting in the rubbish they currently broadcast.