-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Saturday March 10, 06:20 AM Dalai Lama blasts China's "hardening attitude" Click to enlarge photo NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Tibet's spiritual leader lashed out on Saturday at what he called increasing repression in his Chinese-ruled homeland and said Beijing had not responded to his offer to send a delegation for talks. The Dalai Lama re-established contact with China last year when his brother visited Beijing. But a subsequent request that China receive a Tibetan exile delegation with a memorandum outlining his thinking had been stonewalled. "... now they are stalling the acceptance of a Tibetan delegation," the Dalai Lama said in a statement from the Indian Himalayan foothills town of Dharamshala to mark the 42nd anniversary of the Tibetan uprising. "This is a clear indication of a hardening attitude of Beijing and a lack of political will to resolve the Tibetan problem." The Dalai Lama has lived in northern India since 1959, when he and thousands of followers fled their homeland after a failed uprising against Chinese rule. While his government-in-exile has no international recognition, the Dalai Lama's non-violent campaign to free Tibet won him a Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, and he has garnered widespread international sympathy and financial support. In recent years he has softened his original demands for Tibet's independence from China, saying he is willing to accept autonomy if that would help preserve Tibetan culture. The Dalai Lama said he recognised that, with many Tibetans holding firmly to the goal of independence, there was growing criticism of his non-violent "Middle-Way Approach". "While I firmly reject the use of violence as a means in our freedom struggle, I respect the right of every Tibetan to discuss and explore all political options," he said. The Dalai Lama said China was continuing to "whitewash the sad situation in Tibet through propaganda". "When one looks at the situation inside Tibet it seems almost hopeless in the face of increasing repression, environmental destruction and alarming developments undermining the identity and culture of Tibet as a result of the massive transfer of Chinese into Tibetan areas," he said. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
