The riot that happened on 3/14 was quite upsetting, to see them cause such destruction, deplorable. Violence against private citizens and their property because of hate for the government was way out of line. Having said that, i believe that if the majority of ethnic tibetans living in tibet actaully want independance, it should be granted but, if the majority infact don't, than to hell with the free tibet movement. but until the government allows real reporting journalists instead tibet, we will never know until they open the doors to tibet in august to reporters, so we all can get the real thruth of what is going on, how they feel, are they unfairly treated etc.. so we can put this to rest. on another note, what also worries me is the nationlistic fervor that is ripping through china and to the overseas chinese. this blind hate for western negative opinions, and unquestioning stance of the CCP's position towards tibet is disturbing to say the least. differing opinions should never just be unreasonably disregarded because of race or otherwise. to do such is ignorant and even racist. yes, the reports in western media was biased at first, which angered me aswell but, it was also them (reuters, they bought the pictures from kadly) who brought the real story to the world first with the riots turning violent before even xinhua or chinadaily got the story straight. it was thanks to foreign tourists inside lhasa who brought the world the real photos and video; http://kadfly.blogspot.com/ (most of the initial photos you saw in the news was thanks to him) , james miles from the economist http://www.economist.com and many more foreigners who gave us the truth. so i hope this crazed fanaticism will die down. this is the year that the world will become more and more polarized leading up to the olympics. even for those who take the neutral stance, like myself, will find themselves taking sides. i just hope all this doesn't turn into hate. to conclude, from canada with love for china! you have my support. -will

I am a Chinese , maybe i know all the thing more clearly than you . i do not approve tibets actions , many people died in these actions . They are free , nobody limits their freedom . my English is poor , i can not express ma idea clearly . In my opinion , everything which is against peace will not have a good result .

西藏——过去，现在，未来，永远都是中国的一部分

You asked a good question.i think they wont't get the freedom ,what they are doing is not a right thing and it's not a real freedom,if freedom is built on others suffering that is not freedom ,it's violence.The whole world expecting a peaceful world ,what they are doing is against all humans' hope.What they are doing is more like a terrism and more political purpose in it,so i hate it.

一位外国教授眼中的拉萨事件和西方媒体的"自由" 我认为还是比较客观的 你可以去看一下http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_510aabf9010090f5.html