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0 pointslostlogin10y ago0 comments

> It should be obvious that I am Han

Doesn't hurt to check!

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huahaiy10y ago· 2 in thread

If I were a Tibetan and had earned a Ph.D. in US. I probably would have been a member of the Tibetan elite, I would not be writing in the HN comments section here, but in the NYT opinion section to condemn the Chinese government by now. Wouldn't that be more realistic?

I am sure my cousin in law would not agree with whatever I could have written in NYT as a member of the Tibetan elite though.

What I am saying is that the elite may not represents the best interests of the people they claim to represent.

lostloginOP10y ago

That statement applies to you being Han too - your level of education puts you into an elite category I'd have thought?

huahaiy10y ago

This is the thing. With the same background and education, I am a nobody when I am Han, and I am speaking for myself, not representing anyone. That would not be the case when I am Tibetan. I would be given a platform to broadcast my dissatisfaction with Chinese government, so on and so forth.

What does this tell you?

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