The Tibet Myth by author Michael Parenti may well set some records straight about the old Tibet, but what is no myth is the depressed status of millions of Chinese workers who labour very long hours for lousy pay, receive very few holidays, work in factories and mines where worker safety is non-existent, and can be sacked at a minute's notice. Why should we assume that Tibetan workers in plants controlled by Beijing's overlords will be better off than their counterparts in China?
No myths either are the Tiananmin Square butchery, the bloody persecution of Falun Gong members, China's support of Myanmar's repressive regime and Sudan's murderous one. Nor can the present bloodletting and other human rights abuses in Tibet be described as "myths".
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