From: Thomas Izaguirre Area: Mundane To: homas 6 Aug 96 01:09:50 Subject: New Oppression in Tibet - sacred lake in dangerUpdReq A> You might be interested to know that China is busy planning A> the building of a hydroelectric generating facility on the shores of A> Lake Yamdrok, or Yamdrok Tso. The lake is precipitation only fed A> and the plan is to drain it to use turbines, with no A> plan to recirculate the water. So ecologically this A> just sucks dead bears. A> It's evil - that's all I can say. The Chinese gov't. I mean. A> They know damn well what thsi will do and I believe it is A> a deliberate abnd insidious attempt to end Tibettans A> concept of themselves, which so far regular methods A> of oppression have been unable to do. Well, first the fake Panchen and now this, it is quite insidious. Oddly enough, similar things were predicted in a alternate history series called Chung Kuo, dealing with a revival of the Chinese empire in the 21st Century where it expands to become global. Not a pleasant thought there... I will try to pass this information on. Thank you Yours in the Dharma, Thomas Izaguirre 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718