Rise of Tibetan soft power
Jan. 5 (Open Democracy/by Tsering Namgyal): Though China is already on the path to being an undisputed economic and military power, Tibet has also become a superpower in its own right. Tibet has become an international ‘soft power.’
The idea of ‘Tibet’ has enormous import in the minds of the international public: people all over the world are recognizing that Tibetan civilization needs to be preserved, supported and protected.
There is indeed a need for an awakening of sorts and a recognition of what Tibetan ‘soft power’ and its allures have to offer a hworld disillusioned with ‘hard power.’
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