China rules out Tibet independence

[Pk_Thunder]

China rules out Tibet independence


Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:35:49 GMT
Tibetans in exile meeting in India
China has said that efforts made by the Tibetans in exile aimed at seeking independence for their Himalayan homeland are doomed to fail.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry's comments on Tuesday came as Tibetan exiles were in a week-long meeting in India aimed at mapping out a future strategy for dealing with Beijing.

"Our position on Tibet is clear and resolute. Any attempt to separate Tibet from China is doomed to fail," Qin Gang, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry told reporters in Beijing.

Qin went on to label the meeting, held in the Indian town of Dharamsala, as lacking legitimacy, saying “the so-called Tibetan government-in-exile is not recognized by any government in the world.”

More than 500 delegates are meeting, the first major strategy reevaluation since 1988 when the Dalai Lama outlined his “middle way” approach, seeking autonomy but not outright independence for Tibet.

The exiled spiritual leader called the meeting after expressing frustration at years of fruitless talks with China.

"The middle way approach has failed, it has not produced any results," Karma Chophel, speaker of the Tibetan parliament in exile told delegates.

 

[s90]

lol well tibetans are supported by anti-china forces

 

[gpit]

Dalai Lama has been hijacked by his elite members for decades in demanding “Great Tibet” which covers the area that Tibet never ruled. This meeting may mark the recognition of the failure of “middle road”, and could open to radical and impatient younger members’ democratic demand to resort to violence.

Thus, should those people decide to carry out murder, explosion, and other terrorist activities, the consequences are of grave significance;

1) China may push to label TYC as a terrorist group, and openly and transparently execute those members.

2) India becomes a country that host a terrorist group. Sino-India relationships will tail-spin.

3) Military conflict between China and India is not unlikely. China may exercise cross border military actions to root out Dharamsala terrorist organization.

November 24 will mark 46 anniversary of 1962 Sino-India border conflict. Chinese General Liang Guanglie is reportedly to go to Zang Nan front line to sweep tombs for those who lost life in the conflict. Indian side, as internet rumor goes, tries to persuade him not to do so by saying that this action will hurt Indian’s feeling. The interplay of various parties in recent days is truly interesting.

 

[Black Stone]

gpit, when the Dalai Lama leaves this world. Do you think the Tibet issue would get better or worse?.

 

[gpit]

gpit, when the Dalai Lama leaves this world. Do you think the Tibet issue would get better or worse?.

Nobody knows, Sir. There can be a lot of variance, but one thing is certain: Tibet will not be independent unless China (plus Taiwan) vanishes one day from the map.

 

[Sino-PakFriendship]

We have nothing but nuclear bomb!

White evils must pay compensation for their war criminals on China in 19th century!

 

[Pk_Thunder]

Dalai Lama urges Chinese contacts​

The Dalai Lama (right) confers with confers with his ally, Samdhong Rinpoche, in Dharamsala on 20 November
The Dalai Lama (right) spoke after a week of talks among Tibetan exiles

The Dalai Lama has urged his fellow Tibetan exiles in India to improve contacts with ordinary Chinese people, saying he has always had faith in them.

By contrast, he argued, the Chinese government remained repressive in Tibet and he warned of "great danger" if the exiles did not exercise caution.

He welcomed a decision by exiles to back his policy of autonomy, rather than independence, from China.

The veteran leader, 73, also sought to end rumours he was planning to retire.

Speaking to exiles in the Himalayan town of Dharamsala, from which he has led the Tibetan cause for nearly 50 years, he said: "My faith in the Chinese people has never been shaken".

He said China was changing and the Tibetan movement should seek to take advantage of that.

But his faith in the Chinese government, he added, was "getting thinner", and he accused them of using "fear and ruthless suppression" to control Tibet.

''If we're not careful in our actions over the next 20 years, [they could] lead to great danger,'' he said.

Other options

Although Tibet has enjoyed long periods of autonomy or self-rule, China maintains that it has always been an integral part of its territory.


TIBET DIVIDE
China says Tibet was always part of its territory
Tibet enjoyed long periods of autonomy before 20th century
In 1950, China launched a military assault
Opposition to Chinese rule led to a bloody uprising in 1959
Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama fled to India
Dalai Lama now advocates a "middle way" with Beijing, seeking autonomy but not full independence

In depth: Guide to Tibet

Chinese Communist forces invaded Tibet in 1950 and have ruled there ever since.

Under the Dalai Lama's so-called "Middle Way" approach, Tibetans would essentially stop pushing for the re-establishment of Tibet as an independent nation.

Total independence was "not practicable", he told the meeting in Dharamsala, India.

"[The] majority of views have come up supporting the Middle Way path to the Tibetan issue... which is right," he said.

The Dalai Lama, who was treated in hospital with abdominal pains earlier this year, said of himself:

"There is no point, or question of retirement," he said.

He was speaking after a week-long meeting of representatives of the Tibetan movement concluded that if China made no effort to meet the Dalai Lama's demands, then other options, including calls for independence and self-determination, would be put forward.

Delegates also suggested that the Dalai Lama's envoy should not return to China unless attitudes changed in Beijing.

China's authorities in Tibet made clear in recent days that they believed the exiles were still bent on independence.

"The so-called 'Middle Way' is a naked expression of 'Tibetan independence' aimed at nakedly spreading the despicable plot of opposing the tide of history," said an editorial in the official Tibet Daily newspaper on Friday.

 

[Black Stone]

We have nothing but nuclear bomb!

White evils must pay compensation for their war criminals on China in 19th century!

Relax, don't you guys hate the Japanese more than the white evils? and please stop talking like your the only one who has the bomb.

 

[shchinese]

DF missiles say NO to Tibet independence.
2.5 million active PLA troops gave the same answer.

end of the story.

 

[kvLin]

the Dalai Lama and his Tibetan-government-in-exile will be thrown into trashcan.