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Tibet ready to sacrifice sovereignty, says leader (DT)

2005. március 14.

The Daily Telegraph
14 March 2005
By Richard Spencer in Beijing

The Dalai Lama held out a hefty olive branch to China yesterday, making his most positive comments
about Beijing's rule over Tibet since fleeing into exile more than half a century ago.

Tibet wanted modernisation and was prepared to sacrifice sovereignty so that it could benefit from
China's economic growth, he said in an interview.

The Dalai Lama wishes Tibet to remain an autonomous region

"We are willing to be part of the People's Republic of China, to have it govern and guarantee to
preserve our Tibetan culture, spirituality and our environment," he told the South China Morning
Post. His comments suggested a renewed diplomatic offensive by the Tibetan government-in-exile in
the lead up to the Dalai Lama's 70th birthday in July.

The Tibetan diaspora is deeply concerned by his advancing age. Though he is physically fit, his
supporters are afraid that if he dies in exile, China would exert control over the choice of his
successor and thus Tibetan Buddhism's very future.

The Dalai Lama has repeatedly sought to negotiate terms under which he could return to Tibet,
which he fled in 1959 in the face of Chinese repression. He has already said he would accept
Chinese sovereignty over Tibet but insisted on real autonomy over its religious and cultural life.
It is currently an "autonomous region", a term which in reality gives it negligible difference in
status from any other province.

But the interview suggests that the Dalai Lama might be prepared to accept this. "This is the
message I wish to deliver to China," he said. "I am not in favour of separation. Tibet is a part
of the People's Republic of China. It is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China.
Tibetan culture and Buddhism are part of Chinese culture."

In contrast to many critics, he also welcomed the economic development that being part of China
could bring, including the controversial railway being built to link Lhasa, Tibet's capital, to
the rest of the country.

"As the material development of China moves forward we gain materially, like the railway," he
said. Critics say the primary beneficiaries from the network's expansion are the hundreds of
thousands of Han Chinese who have migrated to Tibet.

Alison Reynolds, director of the Free Tibet Campaign, said the Dalai Lama had not accepted a key
Chinese demand, that he acknowledge that Tibet had always been part of China.

"I think he was keen to re-emphasise aspects that the Chinese could be responsive to," she said.

Tsering Tashi, a spokesman for the Tibetan government-in-exile, called on the Chinese government
to respond. "Unfortunately, from the Chinese side it's always a very, very negative attitude," he
said.

He admitted that the Dalai Lama's concessions over sovereignty had been unpopular with many
Tibetans in exile. "His Holiness has great moral authority," he said. "But the younger Tibetan
generation seems to be growing up a bit frustrated because all these non-violent initiatives are
not producing any response."

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  • #Vianca 2012-09-03 01:21:58| Válasz erre
    I've been lokinog for a post like this for an age

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