China - say no to Olympics!

The recent Tibet violence is slowly spreading to other districts and towns in China and should give the Communists there some off for thought to see the countless thousands who are not very happy with the governance so say the least. That said,it would be a mockery to write off the current Tibet violence as a public relations disaster. It shows at the very least the amount of discord that is prevalent in this Buddhist capital, one that no matter how much the communists may try to whitewash it as something else. It is quite evident that the communist rule has been very harsh on the Tibetans living there and then to say that the Dalai Lama, his holiness, was behind all this is just typical of the kind of behaviour that one may expect from the current Chinese government.
The fact of the matter is that the current government and the style of governance is not exactly loved in China or out side of China either. The neighbouring countries like those of Japan,Taiwan and India well know the risk and the danger that China poses to the whole world. China must understand that in order to develop further and to be considered developed, it must get rid of its dependence on the age old policy of fear and intimidation and must start embracing the concepts of free speech and religious tolerance. Until and unless this happens, the other countries would soon become developed long before China has. Take a look at Japan,in spite of its connection to the war time atrocities, today Japan is accepted as a widely developed country and one that is also highlighted as a model of development. Take a look at India, with so much baggage and so much poverty, India is growing much faster than all the other developed countries put together and is already three quarters of the way to getting that label 'developed'. China,on the other hand,if it keeps on suppressing its own people, would soon find itself in very hot waters, not the kind that one would find at a spa, but one that preempts a revolution. All I can say to any Chinese reading this is to batter down, because a storm is indeed coming and it is heading for the Chinese mainland!

The new 7 wonders of the world!

Well,the world has new 7 wonders of the world.they were announced at a gala festival of sorts.of course many critics pointed out that just listing some monuments as wonders of the world is not all that fantastic especially if one considers the plight of all the other nominees who did not quite make it to the big list.what about Angor Wat?isn't Angor wat a fantastic monument?just because it did not make the list does that make it any less wonderful?is this list more harmful than helpful.switching on the limelight onto some of the monuments is not fair to all those valuable masterpieces that did not make the list.what about the resources that would have been available for conservation of the monuments.would the funds now be allotted on the basis of who made the list and who did not?these are some of the questions that the swiss foundaiton would have to answer as they are now planning to have a new 7 natural wonders of the world!