Shangri-La Discovered and Exploited...

Greetings,

The linked story on the commercial rape of Zhongdian in northern Yunnan has a direct correlation to the Chinese business profit attitude reality in Tibet.

"...But most of the hotels, the travel agents, the bus companies, and even many of the shops are owned not by Tibetans but by Han Chinese businessmen, residents say.

"I'd say that 65 percent of the profits go to outside businessmen, 10 percent to the government, 20 percent to local businessmen, and less than 10 percent to local villagers," says Zhaxi Duoji, a local hotelier and environmental activist who has plowed profits from his guide business into a charity helping Tibetan children.

This is exactly what the Chinese government and Chinese businessmen have been doing for years in Tibet. Magnify it ten-fold and realize the scope of "development"  for profit and steady erosion of the Tibetan land and culture.

Peace.

 

Shangri-La