[Rick Lee]

China is not only never going to give up Tibet, they are very actively promoting resettlement of Han Chinese to Tibet. Tibet has become a very "in" tourist destination among Han Chinese, which are 91% (well over 1 billion) of China's population. Tibet has become the "Lebensraum" of Communist China. Xinjiang Province to the north of Tibet is next on their list to "Han'ify". Lots of Tibet protestors around my office today too. I wonder, though, how successful the resettlement efforts will be. Tibet is a very hostile environment. There is no hot water there, altitude sickness discourages a lot of visitors and the locals are not exactly warm and friendly toward Han Chinese.