Dalai Lama says China's Tibet policy now 'more realistic'

[beijingwalker]

Dalai Lama says China's Tibet policy now 'more realistic'
Published September 13, 2013
AFP

ILNIUS (AFP) – The Dalai Lama said Friday he believed China was being "more realistic" about Tibet after decades of what he termed failed hardline policy.

Beijing has long accused Tibet's exiled spiritual leader of encouraging separatism and violence, but the Nobel Peace laureate said Friday he is only seeking "meaningful autonomy" for Tibetans within China and accepts Chinese rule.

"China's hardliner policy completely failed (...)," the 78-year-old said after a lecture in Vilnius, capital of current EU president Lithuania.

"(Chinese) leaders are really now trying to approach (it) more realistically. So that's a hopeful sign."

"I am quite optimistic," he added, saying he saw some signs of change including more and more Chinese intellectuals and Buddhists showing solidarity with Tibet.

The statement, which appears to signal a slight change in the tone of the Dalai Lama, follows reports earlier this year suggesting Beijing was considering relaxing its stance on the Buddhist leader.

The reports said authorities in some Tibetan areas were allowing locals to worship him as a religious leader. However, in July China denied there had been any change in policy.

The Dalai Lama fled Tibet following a failed uprising against Chinese occupation in 1959 and later founded the Tibetan government-in-exile in India.

He enjoys a good reputation in Lithuania, having been among the first public figures to welcome the Baltic state's independence in 1990 after a half-century of Soviet rule.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite met privately with him on Wednesday, calling it an "honour" and risking China's ire.

He wraps up the four-day visit, during which he also visited parliament, on Saturday.

 

[Kolaps]

It is always a good news that China back again to their root, as East Asian country.

Not the European worshiper Communist anymore.

China is just need several steps away to became perfect, by removing the communist element and name from the government body, and do some minor reforms too.


It was not just Tibetan that have been oppressed, but Han Chinese was the biggest victim of the communist (European worshiper fanatics!) in China.

 

[ayachyan]

what is this monk trying to say? i am totally unable to get his point.
China government is as realistic as always that brought trade , development and new thought into Tibet for the general people who were living there. and have them a choice ,they could choose to live follow the PRECIOUS tradition as a slaver or to exile their owner to gain their liberty.

 

[PeaceGen]

Dalai Lama says China's Tibet policy now 'more realistic'
Published September 13, 2013
AFP

The Chinese government would be wise and civilized if they'd continue to gradually end their conflict with the Dalai Lama, he's proven himself a patient and reasonable leader 'who can be worked with', in my opinion.

 

[Götterdämmerung]

The Chinese government would be wise and civilized if they'd continue to gradually end their conflict with the Dalai Lama, he's proven himself a patient and reasonable leader 'who can be worked with', in my opinion.

The Dalai Lama has no other options than to be patient. He has never been reasonable, it's just reality that leaves him no choice but to put up a more conciliatory face. Time is just not on his side.