Akin to our relations with Saudi Arabia, our relation to China must be in such a way that we overlook and often ignore their blatant human rights and environmental abuses. We are in too deep financially with them. So deep that it is now impossible for the US to declare any standard of morality for the rest of the world to behold.
Meanwhile, Tibet is disappearing. China is inflicting nothing less than cultural genocide on a people with rich traditions and culture. China is destroying Tibet from both within and without, attacking the culture, oppressing the people, and even the genes with massive unchecked immigration. Tibet is, for the time being, a breadbasket for the region with dense forests and rich in natural resources. Now, the many rivers flowing throughout are filled to the brim with fallen timber as deforestation continues. Huge amounts of Chinese squatters and their corporate benefactors move in by the tens of thousands to set up polluting factories. Where there was once landmarks, natural areas, and small businesses now stand massive concrete block apartments that house those same illegal immigrants that continue to pour into the country unchecked, unaware, and uncaring.
This will be a continuing theme with China as that nation, admired for it's newfound industrial strength and might, is unable or unwilling to better the life of its people and its environment unlike Europe, Japan, the US, and Australia. Almost 400 of China's 600 rivers are polluted beyond use and several of its cities are shrouded in a perpetual cloud of toxic industrial chemicals and smog. It is in China's interest to invade and strip neighboring countries of their natural resources to keep feeding this irresponsible industrial giant.
