Beijing refuses Dalai Lama: No to Tibet's independence
Beijing (AsiaNews/Xinhua) Chinese government marked the independence of Tibet asked by Dalai Lama as "totally untenable", urging the spiritual leader to "truly relinquish" any proposal that the policies of "one country, two systems" in Hong Kong and Macau also be extended to Tibet.
The 30-page document, released by the Information Office of the State Council, titled "Regional Ethnic Autonomy in Tibet", defends Beijing's policies in the region, refusing the Dalai Lama's proposal of a greater autonomy.
According to the paper, the situation in Tibet is entirely different from that in Hong Kong and Macau, which were a result of past "imperialist aggression against China": "The Central Government has always exercised effective sovereign jurisdiction over the region (of Tibet). So the issue of resuming exercise of sovereignty does not exist (as it had existed in Hong Kong and Macao). The possibility of implementing another social system (in Tibet) does not exist either."
Citing a series of facts and figures as support, the government's positions are defined in favour of the "fundamental interests of the Tibetan people": "With the implementation of the policy of regional ethnic autonomy, the Tibetan people enjoy full political right of autonomy, have full decision-making power in economic and social development, and have the freedom to inherit and develop their traditional culture and to practice their religious belief."
On the contrary, it stresses that under the reign of the Dalai Lama, "even in the first half of the 20th century, Tibet remained a society even darker and more backward than medieval Europe" and after nearly 40 years of practice of regional ethnic autonomy, Tibet has "recorded rapid economic growth and all-round social progress", and the Tibetans have "become the creators and beneficiaries of the material and cultural wealth of Tibetan society." Then, the statement says: "Any act aimed at undermining and changing the regional ethnic autonomy in Tibet is in violation of the Constitution and law, and it is unacceptable to the entire Chinese people, including the broad masses of the Tibetan people."
Recently, Dalai Lama visited several countries USA, Italy, France, Canada, Taiwan in order to urge the international community to save the Tibetan people from genocide.
Meanwhile, Gyaincain Norbu, the 11th Panchen Lama named by Beijing in 1195, visited several Buddhist temples in the northern Shanxi province, where several times and in vain, the Dalai Lama asked for permission to visit.
The 13 year-old Gyaincain Norbu, succeeded the 10th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, who, at just 15 years of age, is the youngest political prisoner in the world.
During China's military occupation of the region, since 1950, thousands monasteries, temples and monuments were demolished and China also carried out a veritable "ethnic cleaning" operation by means of forced abortions and mass sterilizing of Tibetan women, moving millions Chinese to the region. (ThR)
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