Livelihood

Is Tibetan issue foundamentally an issue of livelihood?

2008 was a turning point, a mile stone in Tibetan freedom movement. The massive uprising  was unsuccessful in bringing the desired changes in Tibet, and the Chinese government remained unperturbed. The Chinese government were quick to blame the unrest as  planned and orchestrated by the Dalai Lama and his exile governments. Bejing goverment also downplayed the massive  protest as as unrest by few Tibetans. The reality was,  it was one of the biggest ever protest, involving all Tibetan areas under China.
Despite of the magnitude of the event, why the Chinese government didnt barge an inch? Bejing government didnt  see it a big issue, because they could play one section of the Tibetan against another. They have Tibetan loyalists, who wag their tails to the Chinese bosses. The biggest shortcomings of the protest was when all Tibetans were not united in this protest.


 Not united to voice and protest against the Chinese government's oppression. Majority of the Tibetan who shouted free Tibetan slogans, were not in any way assisted or depended their livelihood on the Chinese government. Whereas Tibetan who were working under the Chinese government, were reluctant in joing the protest. What they are thinking and what is in their mind, it is hard to say with any certainty. But what is certain is that the Tibetan Chinese government employee, did not risk their jobs. Their livelihood was the number one priority. The Chinese government realized this and played it into their hands.
If all Tibetans voiced in unison, no matter what you do, then Chinese government  had to think twice.  Unfortunately, many Tibetan officials were used as a pawn by Chinese.

Has the issue of livelihood affected the outcome of mass uprising in Tibet in 2009, were Tibetan people making a living under the Chinese government sympathetic to the movement?
Is it right to say that the Tibetan Chinese employee chose livelihood over political rights or national interest?
Do all the Tibetans from all walks of life, have equally expressed their concern and solidarity with the mass movement.
Havent we seen that those who rose up are the most disgruntled Tibetan people?
In one of the smuggled vidoe clip, a Tibetan solidier ordering the arrested Tibetan protest, as beat and torture unleashed on those helpless Tibetan.
Tibetan ordinary people lamented that the Chinese cadres or officers would not do things against the communist, for fear of repercussion.
My fear is that most Tibetans in exile and as well as in Tibet were complacent with the comfort their live and did care little about the mass majority of the Tibetan people, and for the our future generation.

In a recent statement issued by the Dalai Lama's special envoy, Lodi Gyari  has underlined why the Chinese hardline stance on resolving the Tibetan issue. As a matter of fact he was advised by a Chinese professor:
"He said that we should not expect the Chinese leadership to have the political courage to remove the hat of separatism from His Holiness the Dalai Lama even though they clearly are aware that he is not working in that direction. The professor told me that if the Chinese side were to remove such a hat from him, then they would not be able to justify to the Chinese people their current policies in Tibet or on the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet".

The full statement of the Special Envoy can be seen here, http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?c=2&t=1&id=26192&article=Statement+of+Special+Envoy+Lodi+Gyari+on+Sino+Tibetan+Dialogue+Process

No doubt, there are brave, courageous Tibetans, who stand up for justice and freedom. Tibetan woman poet and writer, Tsering Woeser is a living example of that. She risked her career for political rights and freedom,
how many Tibetans in exile and in  Tibet can follow her foot steps?