Free...oh what was that country called again?

[davywavy]

Browsing the BBC website at the latest news for the recent earthquake in Asian, I came across this refence map which shows the affected region. There's a lot of effort been made to show the political reality - Indian and Pakistani controlled Kashmir is clearly marked.

Hang on a minute, I thought. Isn't something missing here? Looking at another map, I see that something quite large has been entirely removed from the BCC map of the region.

Perhaps someone should write the BBC and point out that they've missed an entire country off their map? You know, Tibet - big place, a lot of hills, ancient and honourable history. You can't miss it.
Or could it be that the BBC is so afraid of offending the Chinese government that they've decided to airbrush an illegal invasion and slaughter of civilians out of history?

Comments

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Much as we might wish it otherwise, Tibet is no longer a country in any practical sense. There's no point maintaining maps full of historical entities which have been invaded out of existence, even as a political gesture. Or would you like the BBC also to continue displaying Biafra, South Vietnam, and the Duchy of Burgundy?