As a Tibetan, I too think we should not romanticize the old order. At the same time I would prefer Tibetans to have control over their own political and economic aspirations rather than China forcing them onto the Tibetan people. The Tibetan Government in Exile in Dharamsala, India, is a democratically elected body... and I hope in the event of Tibet gaining independence that the democratic govt continues.

Anyway, I think it was brave of Bjork to shout Tibet Tibet. :)

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Shangui: "Oh, and "Dalai" is Mongolian, not Chinese."

"Dalai" is just the Mongolian translation of his Tibetan name: Tenzin "Gyatso", which translates to "Ocean" in English.