China has to address rights of 6 mn Tibetans: Dalai Lama

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China has to address rights of 6 mn Tibetans: Dalai Lama- Hindustan Times

The 14th Dalai Lama has categorically told Beijing it was no use inviting him to return to Tibet without honouring the rights of six million (60 lakh) Tibetans worldwide.

Beijing established direct contact with the Dalai Lama thrice since 1980, the last time in 2003 asking him to return (to Tibet). "The issue is not about my going back, it is about the well being of six million Tibetans," the Dalai Lama said after his arrival at the Tawang Monastery on Sunday morning.

"After I escaped (from Tibet) in 1959, I issued a strong statement against China at Tezpur (in Assam). The Chinese government reacted saying the statement was not mine but that of the official government of Tibet. I repeated that statement at Mussorie later," he said without elaborating.

In 1980, Beijing established direct contact with the Dalai Lama and read out a five-point agenda for his return to Tibet. "The Chinese government also offered to send an envoy to New Delhi to take me back, but I turned it down," he said.

Beijing re-established contact in 1993 with the same result. "We renewed direct contact again in 2002 with Beijing making a fresh offer for my return. But I told the Chinese government the well being of six million Tibetans mattered more than my return," he said.

"When everything failed, Beijing intensified acquisition from April-May 2006," the Dalai Lama lamented.

 

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In tricolour, Tawang ready for Dalai Lama

Forty-seven years ago around this time, Tawang was a ghost town. The Chinese had occupied Tawang, forcing its residents to flee. But on Saturday, the town was abuzz with life as it got ready to receive the 14th Dalai Lama. Everywhere the Indian tricolour fluttered along with the Tibet flag.

“The Indian flag is all over the town because this is India. And the Tibetan flag because His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the highest Tibetan spiritual leader, is coming,” says Guru Tulku Rinpoche, head of the Gaden Namgyal Lhatse, popularly known as the Tawang Monastery. The nearly 400-year-old monastery that overlooks the Tawang-Chu Valley in Arunachal Pradesh was where the Dalai Lama headed after he escaped from Tibet in the winter of 1959.

“He stayed here for a few days when he fled from Tibet 50 years ago. He was here three more times, the last being in 2003. But this time is special, in view of China’s unwarranted objections,” says Phupten Tenzin, a local Monpa tribal, who runs a souvenir shop.

In tricolour, Tawang ready for Dalai Lama

 

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US supports Dalai Lama visit to Indian state

NEW DELHI — The United States has given its backing to a visit by the Dalai Lama to a remote Buddhist region in India that is claimed by China, reports said Saturday.

Beijing has strongly opposed the Dalai Lama's week-long visit, due to begin Sunday, to the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh that is home to the ancient Tawang monastery.

The Buddhist spiritual leader, who has lived in India since fleeing Tibet half a century ago, stopped at the monastery after his escape and is due to give several days of religious teachings there.

"The Dalai Lama is a religious leader and he, of course, can travel to carry out that role," US Undersecretary of State Maria Otero was quoted as saying Friday in New Delhi by The Times of India.

"He is visiting a monastery, a holy place. And from our perspective, this is one of the roles he plays," she said when asked for her reaction to Chinese protests over the Tibetan leader's visit.

Otero added US President Barack Obama was likely to meet the Dalai Lama later this year.

She said Obama would visit China this month and Tibet would be one of the issues discussed, the Press Trust of India reported.

"I think probably something will emerge," she said, adding Obama had a lot of respect for the Dalai Lama.

Such is the sensitivity of the border region that India refused to allow the maroon-robed monk last year to travel to Arunachal Pradesh, which he has visited several times before.

But amid increasing border friction between India and China, New Delhi said this year the Dalai Lama was free to "visit any part of our country".

Indian analysts say allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh is a signal to Beijing reaffirming India's claim to the Himalayan foothills state governed by India but claimed by China.

The Dalai Lama's presence in India, where he has a government in exile, has been a thorn in ties between China and India, which fought a brief war over their Himalayan territories, including Arunachal, in 1962.

Beijing views him as a "splittist" seeking to break up China, despite the Nobel laureate's calls for autonomy rather than independence for Tibet.

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800 Lamas to welcome Dalai Lama in Arunachal

More than 800 Buddhist monks led by their high priests will welcome Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama when he arrives the mountainous northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh Sunday amid mounting protests from China over his visit.

'Preparations are almost complete with 700 to 800 monks all set to give the Dalai Lama a religious welcome,' T.G. Rinpoche, a senior Buddhist spiritual leader and a former minister, told IANS.

Rinpoche is overseeing preparations at the Tawang monastery and also at a school playground here where the Dalai Lama will hold a three-day religious discourse from Monday.

'Along with preparations, prayers are also going on in all the monasteries for the safe visit of the Dalai Lama,' said J.P. Shastri, a priest at the historic Tawang monastery.

The Tibetan leader arrives Sunday at the Tawang monastery in Arunachal Pradesh, a region bordering China and which Beijing claims.

'The entire town and the monastery have got a facelift. Devotees are excited about the Dalai Lama's visit,' Rinpoche said.

The Dalai Lama is also expected to inaugurate a super-speciality hospital at Tawang.

It was through Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh that in 1959 the Dalai Lama escaped the Chinese to enter India. Since then he has lived in India.

The Buddhist leader will the visit the adjoining town of Bomdilla and Dirang Nov 12, before leaving for state capital Itanagar. The visit ends Nov 15.

'He will also give sermons to devotees in Dirang, Bomdilla and Itanagar,' Rinpoche said.

China has raked up a controversy by asking India not to allow the Tibetan spiritual leader to visit Arunachal Pradesh.

The Indian government has already cleared the Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal despite China's opposition.

'China has simply no business to interfere in India's internal matters. The Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh is purely religious,' Congress MP from Arunachal Pradesh Takam Sanjay told IANS.

Arunachal Pradesh shares a 1,030-km unfenced border with China.

India and China fought a border war in 1962, with Chinese troops advancing deep into Arunachal Pradesh and inflicting heavy casualties on Indian troops.

The border dispute with China was inherited by India from British rulers, who hosted a 1914 conference with the Tibetan and Chinese governments that set the border in what is now Arunachal Pradesh.

China has never recognised the 1914 McMahon Line and claims 90,000 sq km, nearly all of Arunachal Pradesh. India in turn accuses China of occupying 8,000 sq km in Kashmir.

Tensions flared up again in 1986 with Indian and Chinese forces clashing in Sumdorong Chu valley of Arunachal. Chinese troops reportedly built a helipad in the valley leading to fresh skirmishes along the border.

800 Lamas to welcome Dalai Lama in Arunachal

 

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Claiming "fear in Tibet", Dalai Lama tells lies again14:50, November 06, 2009

The 14th Dalai Lama used to say that there exists constant threat and long-lasting fear in Tibet when asked by press a few days ago. This nonsense only reveals the hollowness and self-deceiving gimmicks deep inside the lama's heart. As an economically thriving Tibet had drawn increasing attention from the world, the Dalai Lama could only see his hidden scheme to disrupt China’s unity gradually falling apart.

"There exists fear in Tibet", the nonsense shows the Dalai Lama is still telling lies. The Dalai Lama hatesto see a unified and harmonious new Tibet. During the past 50 years, great changes have taken place in Tibet, and people are now enjoying rising amenities.

The feudal serfdom system has been abolished, and the basis for Dalai's dream to rule Tibet again had long been destroyed. Moreover, Tibetan residents realized who was helping and who was sabotaging their cause. China’s central government has established a series of preferential policies and supportive measures for Tibet, aiming at different historical phases during the last 50 years. The government also encouraged people from all parts of the country to devote themselves to the construction of Tibet.

Great changes have taken place in every aspect of Tibet: First, the economy in Tibet stepped into a new era. In the past 50 years, infrastructure for transportation, energy and telecommunication in Tibet have been greatly improved. The Qinghai-Tibet railway was opened to traffic, symbolizing a new era of Tibet. The total output value of Tibet in 2008 was 35,991 million yuan, which was 65 times higher than that of Tibet in 1959.

Second, people's life has been greatly improved in Tibet. In 2008, the per capita income of farmers and herdsmen in Tibet was 3,176 yuan, and the per capita income of urban residents was 12,482 yuan. There are already 200,000 families and more than 1 million farmers and herdsmen enjoying safe houses, this year 330,000 farmers and herdsmen will be moving to their new houses.

Third, the tourist trade has become an important industry in Tibet. From January to September this year, Tibet had already received 4.75 million tourists and realized a total income of nearly 4 billion yuan on tourism. The great changes in Tibet reveal a great truth: if there was no CPC, there was no People's Republic of China, let alone new Tibet.

"There exists fear in Tibet", this nonsense tells that the Dalai Lama has realized that his hypocrisy had been exposed by the public. 50 years have passed since the 14th Dalai Lama fled abroad. During that period, the Dalai Lama claimed himself to be a "religious leader", but engaged himself in many political events aiming at splitting China and disrupting the development of Tibet.

There are sufficient facts to show that the Dalai Lama is nothing but a liar.
Tibet Online--English--People's Daily Online

 

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An Indian Buddhist monk at the Yid-Gha-Chozein prayer hall at Tawang in India



Thousands gave a rousing welcome to the Tibetan spiritual leader

 

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What's the purpose of Dalai Lama's Incitement?16:10, November 05, 2009

Recently, the Dalai Lama is going through a dramatically tough time in the international arena. He has been given the silent treatment, even U.S. President Barack Obama had quietly refused to meet him.

There seems to be a consensus among many that "with the Dalai Lama comes trouble".

According to "Voice of Tibet (Norway)", on October 18, in Dharamsala, India, when some Buddhists asked the Dalai Lama, "Religion is religion, politics is politics, and how does religion relate to politics?" The Dalai Lama alleged that Tibet is "destroying Buddhism".

When facing Buddhists, the Dalai Lama would choose to shorten his speech, and his "appeal for religious freedom" would be deviated to "having religious belief means confronting China's Tibet Autonomous Region government".

Sometimes, the Dalai Lama would fan the emotion by fanning the words of "crusades" and "jihads".

Fortunately, though the Dalai Lama regards himself as "Buddhism's spokesman", not many people take it seriously. For example, Buddhism believers in Taiwan were suspicious or even against the Dalai Lama. When the Dalai Lama went to "console" the victims of the flooding disaster in Tai'nan, some local residents held slogans to protest. Some slogans were full of sarcastic words, saying "The Dalai Lama is destined to go to hell".

Even in India, where the so-called "Tibet government-in-exile" exists, there are many critics who oppose the Dalai Lama. A few days ago, Narasimhan Ram, editor-in-chief of the Hindu and Group publications, pointed out in Second forum on the development of Tibet that, the Dalai Lama's accusation against China was totally false. For example, Tibet has 1,700 monasteries and other Tibetan Buddhist religious sites with their 46,000 monks and nuns, four mosques for 3,000 Muslims, and a Catholic church for 700 Christians. These sites could fully fulfill the religious believers' needs. In fact, any tourists who had been to Tibet can fairly see that all kinds of religious events are proceeding normally.

By People's Daily Online
What's the
purpose of Dalai Lama's Incitement?- People's Daily Online

 

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some images of the visit

 

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Tibet GDP grows 11.4% in Jan.-Sept. period 09:03, October 26, 2009

Tibet's economy grew 11.4 percent year-on-year in the first three quarters thanks to rapid growth infixed-asset investment and retail sales, local statistics bureau said Saturday.

The gross domestic product amounted to 30.6 billion yuan (4.5 billion U.S. dollars) in the first nine months. The GDP growth rate is 3.7 percentage points higher than the national average rate of 7.7 percent.

During the first nine months, investment in fixed-asset surged 33.7 percent annually to 27.6 billion yuan. Retail sales rose 23.9percent to 11.3 billion yuan and industrial output jumped 12 percent to 2 billion yuan.

Farmers of Laixi Village, Lhongzi County, Shannan Prefecture, Tibet, harvest potatoes on Sep. 9, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)


The per capita disposal income of urban households increased by8.5 percent to 10,246 yuan, while the cash income of each farmer or herdsman went up by 15.5 percent to 2,312 yuan.

The southwestern autonomous region received 4.8 million domestic and overseas tourists during the period, an increase of 180 percent from the same period last year.
Tibet GDP grows 11.4% in Jan.-Sept. period - People's Daily Online
Source: Xinhua

 

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What's the purpose of Dalai Lama's Incitement?16:10, November 05, 2009

Recently, the Dalai Lama is going through a dramatically tough time in the international arena. He has been given the silent treatment, even U.S. President Barack Obama had quietly refused to meet him.

There seems to be a consensus among many that "with the Dalai Lama comes trouble".

According to "Voice of Tibet (Norway)", on October 18, in Dharamsala, India, when some Buddhists asked the Dalai Lama, "Religion is religion, politics is politics, and how does religion relate to politics?" The Dalai Lama alleged that Tibet is "destroying Buddhism".

When facing Buddhists, the Dalai Lama would choose to shorten his speech, and his "appeal for religious freedom" would be deviated to "having religious belief means confronting China's Tibet Autonomous Region government".

Sometimes, the Dalai Lama would fan the emotion by fanning the words of "crusades" and "jihads".

Fortunately, though the Dalai Lama regards himself as "Buddhism's spokesman", not many people take it seriously. For example, Buddhism believers in Taiwan were suspicious or even against the Dalai Lama. When the Dalai Lama went to "console" the victims of the flooding disaster in Tai'nan, some local residents held slogans to protest. Some slogans were full of sarcastic words, saying "The Dalai Lama is destined to go to hell".

Even in India, where the so-called "Tibet government-in-exile" exists, there are many critics who oppose the Dalai Lama. A few days ago, Narasimhan Ram, editor-in-chief of the Hindu and Group publications, pointed out in Second forum on the development of Tibet that, the Dalai Lama's accusation against China was totally false. For example, Tibet has 1,700 monasteries and other Tibetan Buddhist religious sites with their 46,000 monks and nuns, four mosques for 3,000 Muslims, and a Catholic church for 700 Christians. These sites could fully fulfill the religious believers' needs. In fact, any tourists who had been to Tibet can fairly see that all kinds of religious events are proceeding normally.

By People's Daily Online
What's the
purpose of Dalai Lama's Incitement?- People's Daily Online

Yes true we all agree its up to the people of Tibet and China to decide whats next.Eye brows are raised only if china claims parts of India coz they have links with Tibet.

 

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Development zone becomes Lhasa's new economic growth engine09:35, October 28, 2009

The Lhasa Economic and Technological Development Zone in Doilungdeqen County has become the city's new economic growth engine after eight years of development.

Approved by the State Council (China's Cabinet), the zone was inaugurated on September 19, 2001, as the only national-level one of its kind in Tibet, according to the Management Committee of the development zone.

Photo shows the Lhasa Economic and Technological Development Zone in Doilungdeqen County, Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Photo: chinatibetnews.com)


The zone currently has 161 enterprises with a total registered capital of two billion yuan RMB (292 million U.S. dollars).

Of the total, 45 enterprises registered earlier this year with a total registered capital of 550 million yuan RMB (80.5 million dollars).

The zone is projected to collect 350 million yuan RMB (51 million dollars) in taxes this year, up 75 percent year on year.

Source: Xinhuanet
Development zone becomes Lhasa's new economic growth engine- People's Daily Online

 

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Effort of Chinese gov't on Tibet't development acclaimed 10:05, October 30, 2009

Cesare Romiti, president of the Italy-China Foundation, praised the Chinese government for its effort for the development of Tibet, according to an interview article carried in the Italian Corriere Della Sera Tuesday.

Romiti said in the interview that the two-day Second Forum on the Development of China's Tibet" provided an exchange platform for the development and cooperation in Tibet's various aspects. At the forum, attendees from all walks of life emphasized what the Chinese government had made for Tibet's advancement, he added.

Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2009, shows Cesare Romiti, president of the Italy-China Foundation, at the Second Forum on the Development of China's Tibet in Rome. (Xinhua Photo)

He said that during the past decades, China's Central Government has spent a total 201.9 billion yuan (24.43 billion U.S. dollars) in financial transfer payments to Tibet. Three fourths of the amount had been transferred in recent eight years.

Meanwhile, the Chinese government has also been devoted to various undertakings in this region, such as cutting the ratio of illiteracy in Tibet. He also hailed the Qinghai-Tibet Railway built by the Chinese Central Government as a "technological treasure."

Romiti pointed out that the so-called "Tibet Issue" should not have existed in the world today because China has the sovereignty over Tibet and Tibet is an inseparable part of China.

The Chinese Government's ethnic policies on Tibet have promoted the region's growth and development. For instance, Tibet now has 1,700 Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, where religious followers can fully enjoy the right to religious belief.

Romiti indicated that he thinks that the Dalai Lama has been unaware of what he should do; his emerging role alternates between religious and political figure. His action has not shown any intention of promoting peaceful co-existence among all ethnic groups in Tibet. 　

Source: Xinhuanet
Effort of Chinese gov't on Tibet't development acclaimed - People's Daily Online

 

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Claiming "fear in Tibet", Dalai Lama tells lies again14:50, November 06, 2009

The 14th Dalai Lama used to say that there exists constant threat and long-lasting fear in Tibet when asked by press a few days ago. This nonsense only reveals the hollowness and self-deceiving gimmicks deep inside the lama's heart. As an economically thriving Tibet had drawn increasing attention from the world, the Dalai Lama could only see his hidden scheme to disrupt China’s unity gradually falling apart.

Ya true claims and counter claims i don't know much abt the reality in Tibet. Well the protest during the Olympics did really show that a 11% growth in economy cannot please the people of Tibet.Do u agree with me ?

 

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European Times: China's policy on Tibet to prevail08:28, November 05, 2009

The European Times in Italy published a commentary on October 26, saying China has shown the world the rapid developments Tibet has experienced in the past half century, by staging the Second Forum on the Development of Tibet Autonomous Region. The abundant materials on display not only present a real Tibet to the world, but also show China's sincerity and self-confidence in governing Tibet, which will gradually and surely prompt the international community to accept China's policy on Tibet.

The abstracts are as follows:

The Second Forum on the Development of Tibet was completed in Rome, capital of Italy. Short as it was, the two-day forum attracted a flood of attention throughout the whole of Italian society.

At this multi-lateral international forum, government officials, scholars and business representatives from China, Italy, Austria, the United States, India, Australia, Spain and Belgium had extensive exchanges on the economy, culture, education, medical and public health, and environmental protection of Tibet. They expressed their views and understanding of Tibet from various perspectives. Through this forum, China showed the changes and developments that Tibet has experienced in the past half century objectively and truthfully.

Tibet, a holy snow-capped plateau in people's minds, has always been mysterious and enchanting for its devout religion, unique cultural traditions and special development course. It is just this mystery added with some well-known political factors and distortions by those who have ulterior motives that makes people from the west confused about the Tibetan issue. Some people even have prejudices.

After all, it is the previous poor information channels that have stopped western people from getting an overall and profound knowledge of Tibet. Against this backdrop, those deliberate agitations will easily gain momentum. Therefore, it is urgent and essential to show people the truth, so as to eliminate the misunderstandings and prejudices. Show the world an objective and truthful Tibet and use the truth to fight back against all blind guesses and delusive defamations.

The special location and religion of Tibet hinder western people from getting a good knowledge of Tibet. To cross the territorial restriction may be relatively easy, but to gain recognition of different cultures and value systems definitely needs more time. The successful forum can be regarded as a good example. Through life experiences of people living in Tibet, abundant true statistics and especially the opinions of participating western people who have been to Tibet, the forum has eliminated many western people's prejudices and misunderstandings of Tibet.

On March 28, 1959, the Central Government of China announced the dismissal of the original local government of Tibet, overthrew the feudal serfdom under theocracy of Tibet, and freed millions of Tibetan serfs and slaves. In the past 50 years, Tibet's progress in all respects including economy, culture and so on is beyond doubt. Its glorious achievements owe to the correct ethnic policies of the Chinese Central Government and the concerted efforts of Chinese people of all ethnic groups. All in all, the current Tibet is enough to present the self-confidence of Chinese people. This confidence will also prompt the international community to accept Tibet and accept China.

By People's Daily Online
European Times: China's policy on Tibet to prevail- People's Daily Online