Freeing Tibet or oil?
Apr. 7th, 2008 by Al 
Last month the media highlighted the unrest in tibet which many are injured during a clash between the natives and Han chinese.Over 600 were hurt and 18 killed during the unrest.This movement however stain the progress of the Olympics in Beijing given the negative publicity.
The Dalai Lamai refuted claims of any involvement in the unrest citing resignation if unrest continues .Freeing Tibet has been a thorny issue for the PRC during the last decades though the tibetans themselves still live day to day given the buddhist fataslistic outlook in life.
Tibet is more of a strategic area for the PRC government , it also holds promise of 100 million of tonnes of oil which could help in the resurgency of her economy.In a way Tibet needs PRC to prop up her economy too in many ways other than tourism.
BP and Royal shell took stakes in the PRC oil companies to explore the tibetan region much to the dismay of the environmentalists.Projects worth 3billion USD are being built from the city of Qinghai,Golmud to lhasa.The ambitous project to link tibet with the outside world and oil extraction will be the controvesy for many years in and out of the PRC.
To free tibet is to on the nerves not only for the tibetans but the countries involved in the energy supply of the dragon.
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