OUTSTANDING and intelligent dialogue from the year 2010 heres an example: The Dalai Lama’s Middle Way Approach is a practical one that is aimed at saving Tibet’s culture and religion. In return for giving up the demand for independence, he has asked for genuine autonomy for all Tibetans under one administrative authority, as per the Chinese constitution’s policy on minorities. The Chinese have always characterized the Dalai Lama’s offer as being an attempt to gain “disguised independence”. One reason China is deeply opposed to this plan is because currently nearly two-thirds of traditionally Tibetan areas are divided among the Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Szechwan, Gansu and Yunnan. Only the area that was Central Tibet constitutes what is known as the Tibet Autonomous Region. China cannot accept an enlarged Tibetan entity because it fears that such as entity would be the stepping-stone for greater demands in the future. China’s standard response to the Dalai Lama has been to say that he does not have the authority to speak on behalf of the Tibetan people.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 00:09:55 +0000
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