Does the government of China care for the Tibetan culture?

[Rinchen]

It is just not logical if some one wants to destroy something, why would they promote it? If they were to destroy and change the thing to something else, what for wast that money when the money can be used on other better things?

It is just plain ridiculous on how they would think that China would want to and even bother to "destroy" something that is there for so many years. It is very difficult to change a culture if they notice. Even if so, it would not take a short period of time. The Chinese would have to brain wash the children so that they would grow up without that Tibetan culture. It is just so much effort and time to be put into it. It is just impossible for the Chinese to even have that energy to do so.

[bonfire]

It is just not logical if some one wants to destroy something, why would they promote it?

I think you have gotten this exactly right.
Why would China be protecting and promoting something when it wants to destroy it?
Simply because, actually, China does NOT want to destroy it, China does NOT want to destroy the Tibetan culture, nor its traditions, nor the Tibetan Buddhism.

[fruven]

The Chinese might not want to destroy Tibetan culture but unrestricted development and materialism would. China is bringing their own 'culture' minus the religion, ideas of development, and consumerism, imported from the West into the Tibetan region. Indirectly China is destroying Tibetan? Or indirectly the West is destroying China?

On a more subtle level you don't need to destroy something physically but you can 'win', 'take control' by destroying their psyche. Make others follow your own mindset. Isn't communism has this kind of thinking? My question would be is the Chinese destroying the psyche of Tibetans? So it goes back to human rights, and human speech issues? I don't know about Tibetan culture on freedom of expression but isn't China going to use the same policy on Tibet?

[Rinchen]

I would not agree that China is destroying the Tibetans psyche. This is because the whole world is being influenced by each others' culture now. There would not be a country that is not affected by the Chinese, Western, Korean, Japan, French, etc. Like in terms of their way of life, the designs of their buildings and structures and many others.

It is a globalising world and all of us do have to accept this point and move forward. Let's say that Tibet remains like how it does 50 years ago for the next hundred years, wouldn't the things inside building and whatever that is there experience wear and tear? Wouldn't renovations be needed? Wouldn't new technology help the living lifestyle of the people there? I believe that if Tibet remains the same for 100 or even 200 years, the crowd that visits them would decrease very fast. When that happens, the Tibetans there would not be able to even earn a living for themselves.

[hope rainbow]

The Chinese might not want to destroy Tibetan culture but unrestricted development and materialism would. China is bringing their own 'culture' minus the religion, ideas of development, and consumerism, imported from the West into the Tibetan region. Indirectly China is destroying Tibetan? Or indirectly the West is destroying China?

On a more subtle level you don't need to destroy something physically but you can 'win', 'take control' by destroying their psyche. Make others follow your own mindset. Isn't communism has this kind of thinking? My question would be is the Chinese destroying the psyche of Tibetans? So it goes back to human rights, and human speech issues? I don't know about Tibetan culture on freedom of expression but isn't China going to use the same policy on Tibet?

The Tibetan world is changing, every world is changing.
Change is the rule of the game.
Fast Food chains are changing the way people eat.
TV has changed the way people spend their free time, and thus has changed the social fabric of many cultures totally.
Lifts change the way we design buildings.
Air-conditioning changes the way we work.
Internet changes the way we communicate.
Mobile phones change the way we interact with each other.
Shopping centers and super-markets change the way we shop.
Advertising changes our desires.
Etcetera...

China is not a perfect country, no country is perfect.
China has policies, it has a language, it has a culture, it has a history, old and recent.
So is Tibet.
Now they are mixed geographically.
Going back is not an option.
Moving on, moving forward and continuing to improve is the only way.
China has shown respect for the Tibetan culture for many years now (it has not always done so, but it is doing so now), so there is room for two cultures to build something new, something beneficial for the next generations.
So I would not approach this situation with a mind of romanticism, but with a mind of positive action, with respect, with collaboration, for the well fare of this and next generations of Chinese and Tibetans in Tibet.

This is not a resigned, fatalistic nor submissive train of thoughts.
This is a peaceful, courageous, pro-dynamic and forward thinking train of thoughts, that encompasses the well fare of all people, of all cultures and of spirituality.

[Rinchen]

The Tibetan world is changing, every world is changing.
Change is the rule of the game.
Fast Food chains are changing the way people eat.
TV has changed the way people spend their free time, and thus has changed the social fabric of many cultures totally.
Lifts change the way we design buildings.
Air-conditioning changes the way we work.
Internet changes the way we communicate.
Mobile phones change the way we interact with each other.
Shopping centers and super-markets change the way we shop.
Advertising changes our desires.
Etcetera...

China is not a perfect country, no country is perfect.
China has policies, it has a language, it has a culture, it has a history, old and recent.
So is Tibet.
Now they are mixed geographically.
Going back is not an option.
Moving on, moving forward and continuing to improve is the only way.
China has shown respect for the Tibetan culture for many years now (it has not always done so, but it is doing so now), so there is room for two cultures to build something new, something beneficial for the next generations.
So I would not approach this situation with a mind of romanticism, but with a mind of positive action, with respect, with collaboration, for the well fare of this and next generations of Chinese and Tibetans in Tibet.

This is not a resigned, fatalistic nor submissive train of thoughts.
This is a peaceful, courageous, pro-dynamic and forward thinking train of thoughts, that encompasses the well fare of all people, of all cultures and of spirituality.

Totally agreed! It is because of the ever changing world that has influenced things to be changed in Tibet. Things are constantly changing. What may be good today will not be like this anymore within the next few months. People move on and change. Things will never be the same when we compare what we are yesterday and today.

As a religious country, I believe that they would pursue in improvements and transformation. Instead of being stagnant like how they are. Choosing to always be like how they were 50 years ago.