Ćîna wonts t irez T’bét. Wl Britn ste qayt abt ɖs crîm?
Transcription of an Observer article of 27 August 2023
Ɖ YS hz tecn a public stand ovr Ćîna’z crîmz agnst hymaṇti. In Bêźñ ɖs wīc, ɖ YC foṛn secṛtri śd d ɖ sem n śem hiz hosts
Súnde, 27 Ōġst 2023
Last wīc’s YS sañśnñ v Ćînīz ofiślz involvd in Bêźñ’z ongwñ criminl eḟts t irez T’bét az a sepṛt p’liticl, eʈnic, culćṛl, linḡstic n rlijs entti śoud America at its bst.
Fy uɖr guvnmnts gv a hūt. Most crevnli lc ɖ uɖr we.
Sáitñ a rīsnt YN rport on ɖ “forst asiṃleśn” v wn miłn T’bétn ćildṛn ordrd intu Manḍrin-lanḡj stet bōrdñscūlz far fṛm ɖer homz n faṃliz, Anṭni Blincn, ɖ YS secṛtri v stet, dmandd Ćîna stop trayñ t iradcet T’bét’s dstñt îdntti.
“W rj PRĆ [Ppl’z Rpublic v Ćîna] oʈoṛtiz t end ɖ coŕśn v T’bétn ćildṛn intu guvnmnt-run bōrdñscūlz n t sīs rpresiv asiṃleśnpoḷsiz in T’bét n uɖr parts v ɖ PRĆ,” Blincn sd – apaṛntli rfŕñ t Śinjañ, Inr Mongoła n Hoñ Coñ, ẃr ɖ rît t slf-dtrṃneśn z olso dnaid.
Ɖ fact America’z sīńr dipḷmat wz redi t tec a public, prínsipld stand wl infyriet n puzl Bêźñ, ẃć hz okpaid T’bét sins 1950. Prezidnt Ći Jinpñ n hiz caḷs Coḿnist cādraz d’nt d prínsiplz. Fr ɖm, altruizm in foṛn poḷsi z an ełn consept.
Ɖ Bîdn admiṇstreśn z trayñ t pać p roci rleśnz wɖ Ćîna. So it’s ol ɖ mor impresiv ɖt it fīlz stroñli inuf abt Bêźñ’z sstemic abysz v deṃcratic n hymn rîts t spīc ǎt, rgardlis v poṣbl neġtiv rīṗcuśnz.
It’s dubli rfreśñ aftr a wīc ẃn a hrd v midl-rancñ, eʈicli ćalinjd, mostli undeṃcratic guvnmnts kǎ-taud t Ći at ɖ Brics sumit in Sǎʈ Africa. Ɖe sīm t ʈnc Ćîna wl bild a fẹrr, justr wrld. R ɖz līdrz nîīv, c’rupt, or mirli stypid?
Jemz Clevrli, foṛn ministr v anɖr miḍlñ pǎr, sz h, tù, wl rêz hymn-rîts cnsrnz ẃn h vizits Bêźñ ɖs wīc. Britiś ministrz olwz se ɖt. Ɖen nʈñ ćenjz. Ẃ z h gwñ t Ćîna at ol? Apaṛntli it’s t mnten daylog (az f wn jenyinli xistd). H clemz ɖ YC hz “ejnsi”, cn xrt inflụns.
Ɖs z dluźnl. Ɖ Ćînīz parti bhīmoʈ, spayñ, bŭliyñ n hacñ, bìtñ p pṛtstrz in Manćestr, torćñ ɖ Hoñ Coñ jônt decḷreśn, bacñ niofasist Vladīmir Pūtin, bsijñ deṃcratic Tîwan n plotñ an oʈoṛterịn “ny wrld ordr” z simpli nt liṣnñ, ispeṣ́li nǎ Yṛp n Britn no longr spīc az wn.
Ći gvz nt a fig fr ɖ YC’z Ćîna poḷsi – nt līst bcz ɖ Cnsrṿtivz canot agri wn. Bt ɖ YS z a difṛnt matr. Phps Blincn’z demarche wl gv him pōz. T’bét z anɖr denjṛs flaśpônt amñ tù mni. N ẃt’s haṗnñ ɖr z wn hyj crîm agnst hymaṇti.
Ɖ mas abysz v T’bétn ćildṛn – it’s hard t imajin ɖ trōma ɖe mst sufr – z part v a dlibṛt scīm t oltr T’bét’s deṃgrafics, intrenć ɖ dominns v mjoṛti Han Ćînīz ppl n culćr, n s’pres T’bétn Bŭdist rlijs practis, lanḡj n mīdia.
Gyal Lo, a T’bétn edyceśnl sośioḷjist, tld ɖ Fri T’bét preśrgrūp: “Ɖ Ćînīz guvnmnt z tẹrñ faṃliz apart n forsñ ɖz vulnṛbl ćildṛn t bcm strenjrz t ɖer ǒn T’bétn culćr.”
A secnd YN inqîri ɖs yir rportd ɖt hundṛdz v ʈǎzndz v T’bétnz hv bn rmuvd fṛm ɖer homz n wrcplesz in rṛl eriaz n asînd t lo-scil “voceśnl trenñ” n lo-peid implômnt, ɖr-bî unḍmainñ îdntti n tṛdiśnl cḿṇtiz.
Campenrz pṛvîd evidns v ńmṛs xesz, includñ arbitrri dtnśn, torćr, sx́l crîmz, dis’piṛnsz n svir puniśmnt v dsnt. In a sns, T’bét z in prṃnnt locdǎn. Pasports t līv r vrć̣li un’bteṇbl. Foṛn mīdia r dnaid entri. Ćîna wonts it fgotn.
Vijilz, marćz n sit-inz stl tec ples, dspt hevi-handd paṛmilitri p’līsñ n ybiqiṭs sveḷns, n r yẓ́li pīsfl, Fri T’bét sz. “Hvr, ɖ Ćînīz oʈoṛtiz r growñ incrisñli intolṛnt … Mni [protests] r met wɖ a vayḷnt rspons”. In 2022, at līst ʈri T’bétans slf-iṃletd.
Ɖ YS Cmiśn on Inṭnaśnl Rlijs Frīdm olso wornz ɖt “ɖ Ćînīz guvnmnt’s cntrol n s’preśn v T’bétn Bdizm hz intnṣfaid, wɖ oʈoṛtiz rstrictñ T’bétans’ axes t rlijs saits, banñ rlijs gaɖ̇rñz, n dstroyñ saits n simblz.
“Muncs n nunz hv bn sbjctd t torćr in prizn, n T’bétans hv bn dtend fr rlijs activtiz oṇrñ ɖ Dalai Lāma [T’bét’s xîld spirićl līdr] or pzesñ hiz portrits,” ɖ cmiśn sd. Hymn Rîts Woć sz ɖ guvnmnt z olso cnductñ mas DNA c’lex́nz, t betr surveil ppl.
Ɖs c’laṃti cd sn tec an īvn darcr trn – ovr ɖ dspytd s’xeśn t ɖ 88-yir-old Dalai Lāma, fri T’bét’s Nobél pīsprîz-winñ fes t ɖ wrld. An uņemd mel ćîld, ɖ ʈrd most sīńr lāma n hed v ɖ feʈ in Mongoła, z rportidli in ɖ frem. Bt Bêźñ z vawñ t impoz its ǒn canddet.
Ɖt Ćîna z atmtñ t wîp c’lectiv meṃriz n cnsîn ɖ old T’bét t oblivịn z nt sirịsli dspytd (xpt bî Bêźñ’z lî-mśīnz). Ćîna argyz its ax́nz r bnîn, ɖt it hz invstd heṿli ɖr. Bt ɖt’s drivn bî its hungr fr naćṛl rzorsz. Az elsẃr, Ći’z obseśn wɖ cntrol, yṇforṃti n cnforṃti trumps ol.
Bî ignorñ Ćîna’z dêli flǎtñ v besic hymn dīsnsi n inṭnaśnl lw, guvnmnts arnd ɖ wrld r cmplisit in T’bét’s sîḷnt ireźr. Nn recgnîzz ɖ T’bétn ppl’z soṿrin rîts or ɖ T’bétn guvnmnt-in-xîl.
So hir’z a ćalinj fr Clevrli in Bêźñ. Ɖ Ćînīz, az yźl, wl tec litl or no notis v Britn’z vyz abt Ruśa, fer tred, s’kṛti n ɖ rest. So ẃ nt yz yr uɖ̇wz mīnñlis vizit t pubḷcli cndem Ćîna’z crîmz agnst hymaṇti in T’bét?
Yr hosts wd b angri. Ɖe wd srtnli b imbaṛst. Bt hu nz? Ɖe mt start trītñ T’bét, n Britn, wɖ a litl mor rspct.
