There's an article in the NY Times, about how things are changing in Tibet. And how it's not whether it's going to happen, but how and who's controlling it. Another classic case of the conflicts created by globaization.

"The economic goal is to "modernize" Tibet's agrarian economy. But the political goal, analysts say, is to gradually secularize Tibetans and undercut political opposition with the fruits of capitalism."

It's an interesting example, of the conflict when a traditional culture meets the modern world. Without the modernization, most of my friends would be unable to have ever have visited Tibet. Travel restrictions, have been lighter, trips are better organized, hotels are more modern there. But the prosperity although it is affecting everyone, it is not being spread equally. And in the rush to moderinzation, some of the old ways, some of the old culture is being lost.

Is this what the west is doing to all those Muslim countries, and why there's such a backlash against all things western. Is there a choice, or is it simply inevitable.

As the phrase says "Change is Constant."