“ ‘Rising Dragon’: Chinese art of arrogance and avarice in Tibet”, First post, October 22, 2025
“Rising Dragon, a massive fireworks explosion carried late last month by Cai Guo-Qiang, a Chinese artist, in collusion with Arc’teryx, a Canadian outdoor company part-owned by Chinese Anta Group, on a Tibetan mountain, is an outrageous act of disrespect for the people, animals and land of Tibet.
The scale of the fireworks was so huge that Tibetan elders, who had experienced the initial years of Chinese invasion of their country, would likely have had their traumas triggered by the smoke and noise of the explosion. As far as the animals, birds and all the insects living on this serene mountain are concerned, the terror they experienced on 9/19 can aptly be compared to the horror New Yorkers felt during the 9/11 terrorist attack. Just imagine, what the animals and birds, so used to the silence and tranquility of their mountain kingdom, would have felt when a sudden blast of massive fireworks and smoke shook their home and shattered their little hearts.
Their life will never be the same again. The explosive stunt had caused serious damages to the flora and fauna on which they depend. Owing to the high altitude and aridness of the region, plants have very short growing season and once destroyed, the soil can take decades to recover fully. Often the damage leads to desertification. In addition to that, there are chemical residues that will settle into the soils causing further harms to the ecosystem……”
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