--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, enlightened_dawn11 <no_re...@...> wrote: > > it certainly looks like the lot of those in Tibet has improved considerably > since China liberated it from the Lamas' theocracy. Also makes sense after > reading this why the Dalai Lama is constantly agitating to be returned to > power. > > (yeah, i know it is heretical to speak this way with our resident buddhists > about...but isn't the expression, "if you see the buddha on the road...?)
Chinese sources generally claim progress towards a prosperous and free society in Tibet, with its pillars being economic development, legal advancement, and peasant emancipation. These claims, however, have been refuted by the Tibet Government-in-Exile and some indigenous Tibetans, who claim of genocide in Tibet from the Chinese government, comparing it to Nazi Germany.[52] The official doctrine of the PRC classifies Tibetans as one of its 56 recognized ethnic groups and part of the greater Zhonghua Minzu or multi-ethnic Chinese nation. The Central Tibetan Administration states that the number that have died of starvation, violence, or other indirect causes since 1950 is approximately 1.2 million,[58] which the Chinese Communist Party denies... Warren Smith, an independent scholar and a broadcaster with the Tibetan Service of Radio Free Asia[53][54][55], whose work became focused on Tibetan history and politics after spending five months in Tibet in 1982, portrays the Chinese as chauvinists who believe they are superior to the Tibetans, and claims that the Chinese use torture, coercion and starvation to control the Tibetans.[56] The government of the Peoples Republic of China [PRC] also rejects claims that the lives of Tibetans have deteriorated, and states that the lives of Tibetans have been improved immensely compared to self rule before 1950.[68] Belying these claims, some 3,000 Tibetans brave hardship and danger to flee into exile every year.[69]... In 1995, the Dalai Lama named 6 year old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the 11th Panchen Lama without the approval of the government of China, while the PRC named another child, Gyancain Norbu in conflict. Gyancain Norbu was raised in Beijing and has appeared occasionally on state media. The PRC-selected Panchen Lama is rejected by exiled Tibetans and anti-China groups who commonly refer to him as the "Panchen Zuma" (literally "fake Panchen Lama"). Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and his family have gone missing believed by some to be imprisoned by China and under a hidden identity for protection and privacy according to the PRC... In 2005, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao offered to hold talks with the 14th Dalai Lama on the Tibet issue, provided he dropped the demand for independence. The Dalai Lama said in an interview with the South China Morning Post "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." This statement was seen as a renewed diplomatic initiative by the Tibetan government-in-exile. He had already said he would accept Chinese sovereignty over Tibet but insisted on real autonomy over its religious and cultural life. The Tibetan government-in-exile called on the Chinese government to respond.[76] Beijing has repeatedly rebuffed this offer, insisting that the Dalai Lama is intent on complete independence, or the splitting apart of China iteself. [77] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet#Tibet_under_The_People.27s_Republic_of_China http://snipurl.com/dk1i5 > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Who's not telling the truth? > > > > > > Dalai Lama's utter distortion of Tibet history > > > > 2009-03-11 > > http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/11/content_10987232.htm > > > > > > BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- On March 10, 1959, the Dalai Lama and his > > supporters started an armed rebellion in a desperate attempt to preserve > > Tibet's feudal serfdom and split the region from China. > > > > On Tuesday, exactly 50 years later, the Dalai Lama claimed that > > Tibetans have been living in "hell on earth," as if the Tibet under the > > former feudal serfdom ruled by him were a heaven. > > > > The Dalai Lama also alleged at a gathering in India's Dharamsala to > > mark his 50 years in exile that "these 50 years have brought untold > > suffering and destruction to the land and people of Tibet." > > > > Unfortunately, the Dalai Lama has not only been on the wrong side of > > history, but also has got the history upside down. Miseries of "hell on > > earth" and "untold suffering" occurred nowhere but in the slavery Tibet > > symbolized by the Dalai Lama. > > > > Even from historical books written by Western scholars, people can draw > > the conclusion that Tibet under the rule of the Dalai Lama clique was a > > society of feudal serfdom that trampled human rights and easily reminded > > visitors of the dark age of medieval Europe. > > > > The feudal serfdom had truly brought "untold suffering and destruction" > > to the serfs and slaves who accounted for 90 percent of the then population. > > > > The slavery Tibet was just "hell on earth" as Carles Bell, who lived in > > Lhasa as a British trade representative in the 1920s, observed that the > > Dalai Lama's theocratic position enabled him to administer rewards and > > punishments as he wished. That was because he held absolute sway over both > > this life and the next of the serfs and coerced them with that power. > > > > In 1959, after the failed rebellion by the Dalai Lama and his > > followers, the central government of China carried out the long-delayed > > emancipation of millions of serfs and slaves in Tibet. > > > > Great achievements have been made in Tibet since then in various fields > > such as politics, economy and culture. The following are just a few > > examples of those achievements: > > > > -- The central government has adopted a policy of "political unity, > > freedom of religious belief and separation of politics and religion" in > > Tibet to ensure locals' political rights and that all religious beliefs are > > politically equal. > > > > -- Tibet has seen its gross domestic product soar from 174 million yuan > > (25.4 million U.S. dollars) in 1959 to 39.591 billion Yuan (5.78 billion > > dollars) in 2008, with an annual growth rate of8.9 percent. > > > > -- Tibet's roads totaled 51,300 km in 2008, a sharp increase from the > > 7,300 km in 1959. > > > > -- The average life expectancy in Tibet has increased from 35.5years in > > 1959 to 67 years at present. > > > > Anyone without prejudice will recognize the remarkable progress in > > Tibet. > > > > "Tibet has achieved remarkable economic progress and undergone profound > > changes since 1959 when its democratic reform began," Argemiro Procopio, a > > professor of international relations at the University of Brasilia, said > > after a trip to Tibet. > > > > Louise T. Blouin Macbain, a well-known publisher and philanthropist, > > said after traveling to Tibet that "what I have seen is positive and I am > > especially thankful to the great efforts made by China over the years in > > preserving Tibetan cultural independence and its monasteries." > > > > When the Dalai Lama claimed there is "cultural genocide" in Tibet, "I > > don't know which Tibet is he actually describing," she said. "As for me, > > it's not the one that I have seen with my own eyes." > > > > Why then such a distortion of historical facts by the so-called Nobel > > Peace Prize winner? Because it is only through the distortion of history > > could he deceive Western audiences and disguise his true intentions. > > > > Since their exile, the Dalai Lama and his followers have never stopped > > pursuing activities to split Tibet from China and restore their theocratic > > rule despite his claims to the opposite. > > > > But just as the rebellion by the Dalai Lama clique failed disgracefully > > 50 years ago, its fantasy of "Tibet Independence" is also doomed to > > failure, because of the firm opposition from the Chinese people, including > > the Tibetans in Tibet. > > >
