The profits from the sale of stocks to BP Amoco will make it possible for PetroChina to exploit the large petroleum and gas reserves in Tibet. Tibetan and Mongolian nomads have always lived in the Tsaidam Basin. But as a result of the systematic exploitation of the oil reserves that are important for Central China, the Tibetans right for self-determination is ignored, while the Chinese leadership continues to propagate the development of Tibet. Experience teaches us that development means that the rights of nationalities are unconditionally subordinate to state-defined rationality. In February China s largest natural gas reserve to date was discovered in East Turkestan.
Experts assume that there are large petroleum reserves here as well.
In the same month, the Chinese Council of State granted 12.1 billion dollars for the construction of a natural gas pipeline that will run from Xinjiang to Shanghai. As for the construction of further pipelines, PetroChina is negotiating with international concerns. The Chinese government as well is appealing to firms to take part in the extraction of oil and gas in China. The inhumane politics of the Chinese government are especially evident in Tibet and East Turkestan. In East Turkestan the Chinese authorities systematically suppress every engagement of the Uyghurs for human rights and democracy.