Jonathan Kurlantzick of The New Republic has a very sober assessment of the situation in Tibet and how China is using development and jobs to compel Tibetans to be non-political. It’s a dangerous long-term strategy that could be a deathblow to Tibetan society and culture. Lhasa, Tibet’s capital, is now a majority Chinese city, thanks to government policies to bring settlers to Tibet and strong control of Tibet’s economy by Han Chinese. The balance between cultural genocide and colonialism is a fine one, but there’s no way to look at how the Chinese government is handling Tibet and think it reflects well on them.