As the week wears on I think I start to burn out a little. Not on blogging, but on the cyclical nature of some of my work. Everyone goes through it, I know that. So the question remains, Prata, how do you manage to blog at work? Imagine your grandfather, with his large laborer’s hands patting you on the head and ruffling your hair slightly. A large toothy grin upon his lined and friendly face. When you’re older you’ll understand.
I am working on learning Python, it’s a programming language. I’m also working on teaching myself the electric (not that it makes too terribly much difference) guitar. I am also reading about the Tibet protesters surrendering. I’m not entirely sure which way to go with regards to Tibet. Tibet (according to China and I personally haven’t delved into it just yet to see how true it is) has always been a territory of China. However, Tibet had varying degrees of autonomy when China was dealing with others issues such as its civil war and the anti-Japanese war. Interestingly, Tibet has always been treated as a sort of hub between Britain, India, and China. It seems from what reading I have done (some here and there and currently reading more) that Tibet had some de facto independence from China; however, often (this may not be the effective word to use) showed a willingness to be subordinate to China. That makes for a very sticky situation I think, there was no real claim at least in what I’ve read so far about Tibet being independent. This did change around 1947 or so. Tibet sent a letter to the Chinese emperor stating it would remain an independant nation.
I don’t think China took too kindly to it, because in 1950 they used large amounts of military might to bring Tibet under control. Oddly, there was no large military force sent to Taiwan to bring it back into the fold. Maybe because the US in recent years has decided to play a role in that, they are a very important trade partner especially with regards to electronics. I’m not sure China feels or has felt a need to get involved with what could turn out to be a sort of proxy war similar to the Korean War. I could be wrong…wouldn’t be the first time.
