Well, maybe you are thinking about some other incident but these cites agree with my date (which I did not know and looked up; I am not that knowledgeable).
To further support my assertion that China inspires more fear than Japan I will add that in 1998 the Indian Defense Minister exchanged some heated words with Beijing in which he accused China of being a security threat to the region. I have not heard similar accusations against Japan.
(sorry for the aside)
Byzantium, do you know any Chinese boards similar to this, all the Chinese boards I know are pretty stupid, I’m getting tired of them.
Opps, brain fart. 1956 was when the PLA entered Lhasa. You’re correct about 1959.
However, the first Lhasa riots in the 1980’s took place in the Summer of 1987. I remember that date because I was rounded up a thousand miles away in the Aba Tibetan autonomous region of Sichuan, and had a couple of interesting days courtesy of the police.
Just to throw my 2 cents in here again, I agree with sailor with regards to China, Japan, and their perceptions as a military threat within the region. China is seen as a threat by a number of its neighbors, while nobody (except perhaps North Korea, within its leadership’s paranoid minds) sees Japan as an immediate, a short term, or a seriously likely long term threat. Within Japan itself there is controversy whenever it eases back on the self imposed limitations on its military. The decision to send a small force of engineers to Cambodia to act as UN peacekeepers in 1991 was extremely controversial within Japan. The statement by Prime Minister Suzuki Zanko in 1981 that Japan would attempt to defend its Sea Lines of Communication out to 1,000 miles was met with controversy within Japan.
Japan isn’t a danger to regional peace. The inability of some, including those in power, to admit to its actions in WWII, however, is somewhat analogous to Turkey’s denial of the Armenian genocide, though to a lesser degree. It causes diplomatic friction.
Tibet,Taiwan and Paracel Islands belong to China since ancient time…at least ,our history book told us…and the truth is that so…
I know nowadays…western people like talking about China…for example…1989’s tiananmen square event…1999 Falungon event…and current sars…these topics are being discussed often…
from 1989,i know the is a radio station called BBC…that time…chinese like listen to short wave to hear the news about the riots from other’s opinion…later…i listened to short wave often…even 2 years ago…i still heard someone phoned the taiwan radio talked the impact of 1989’s riots…
But how other broadcasting know chinese well?giving correct news?
1999,us army destroyed the China Embassy in Jugoslavia without an clear excuse till now…quite a lot of peole went to gather in the streets…at the gate of american consulate…the streets were filled with people…chinese and americans…americans wave with a flag of china…saying"it’s not american’s people’s fault…but the government…"
since 1999,some events concerns falungon happend…what’s the truth?i really dont know…so strange…why they do so…suicide with fire…how amazing…
As the sars…chinese government is accused by public…hide the truth of the numero of sars patients…what’s the truth?
u could read chinese?
What do you think?
hoho…of cos…u can…but i seldom talk political topics with chinese…u know nowadays chinese do not like talking about them…