A Generational Split

Young Tibetans, seeing the fruits of decades of non-violent protest against Chinese occupation, are giving that whole pacifism thing a second thought. This is bad news, though it does highlight the inability of non-violent civil disobedience to tackle unsympathetic autocracies.

China, meanwhile, continues to treat Tibetans of all stripes really poorly. At some point, something must break.

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