Political situation in Tibet forces elderly adventurer to change route to scale Everest
........What I am thinking about from above..........
This morning, when I read the news, I saw that in Paris the Olympic fire was turned off. So sad to know about that.
For me, country is like a big family. If one of the household wanted to go out from the family, just let it go.
For example, Taiwan, just let it go. They can go to find their new father or new mother or new husband or become bitch of anybody. Some time, people like being bitch of other country. The mainland feeds it and got "I hate you" back. Nobody in the Mainland enjoyed the relation with Taiwan.
In other countries, I have the same idea, let Okinawa be free, let Hawaii be free, let Scotland be free, let Alaska be free, let northern territories (the islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and Habomai) be free.
I think I enjoy without any countries. So we do not need to change passport or get visa to go to some places.