Why does China refuse to recognise the massive human rights violation in Tibet as some international media declared?
Because the Chinese government has made great efforts to improve the living conditions of the people in Tibet. Due to its unique geographic factors, Tibet is a harsh place for human beings to live. Almost all the people who have lived in Tibet for years agree that the basic human right in Tibet is the right to live. A census by the Tibetan regional government in 1953 showed the population at that time was one million. The latest census showed that the population in Tibet reached 2.8 million by the end of 2007. And statistics also show that the average life expectancy of Tibetans was 35.5 years in the 1950s and now it is 67. Question 3: Why does China refuse to recognise that there is no religious freedom in Tibet as some international media declared? If religious freedom means lamas can shout slogans for Tibet independence and throw stones in the streets, yes, there is no such freedom in any part of China. We admit that in the time of the so-called Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and
