An article, recently published on the website of China Tibet Information
Center, says Dalai Lama still refuses to recognize the fact that Tibet is part
of China.
The signed article, written by Yedor, has analyzed the "middle way",
advocated by Dalai Lama in recent years, pointing out that the so-called "middle
way" actually goes against China's Constitution and law.
China's Constitution stipulates in its preface that the the People's Republic
of China (PRC) is a multi-national country founded by peoples of various ethnic
groups in the country. Article 4 of the Constitution goes further to say that
various regions exercising national regional autonomy in China are an alienable
part of the country.
However, Dalai Lama said in his "five points" that "Tibet was a completely
independent state in 1949 when the People's Liberation Army entered". In his
"March 10" statement of 1995, he said: "The reality of today is that Tibet is an
occupied country under colonial rule".
At an Indian seminar called "support for Tibet", he declared: "Buddhism
entered Tibet from India, and so did many other aspects of Indian culture. From
this point of view, I hold that it is more reasonable for India to own
sovereignty over Tibet than China."
In recent years, Dalai Lama has changed his tune by saying that "the issue
can be turned over to historians for discussion; we should refrain from talking
about the past, and instead focus on the future."
"We see that Dalai Lama publicly refuses the fact that Tibet has since the
ancient times been a part of China, and then says that he does not have to talk
about this issue. He does all these to impress the others he has made
concession," the article said.
"As a matter of fact, however, he is turning a known-to-all historical fact
and a political principle related to state sovereignty into a historical and
academic question that exists and does not have to be discussed, " the article
said.
"Admitting what Dalai Lama has said means acknowledgement regarding his
statement that Tibet has been an occupied country after 1949," said the article.
"The Central Government naturally is staunch in attitude and all people with a
sober mind can see that what Dalai Lama does is his plan to dish out his
'Tibetan independence' when conditions ripen again according to his own
standards," the article added.
