Authored by Hop Sing and Charlie Chan perhaps?
Posted on 10/27/2005 11:49:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The issue of Tibet is no longer a problem between China and India though Beijing wants the Dalai Lama to give up his "separatist movement" and the desire to "govern", Chinese Ambassador Sun Yuxi has said.
Interacting with media persons, Ambassador Sun said a joint declaration made during then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit to China in 2003 had resolved the Tibet issue by recognising it "as an integral part of China".
Noting that "Tibet used to be an issue between China and India", Sun said the joint declaration had also asserted that the "Indian government will not allow any anti-Chinese government activities to be performed in the territory of India".
"I think the Tibetan issue is no longer a problem between us," he said, adding that the opening up of border trade friendly exchanges between India and Tibet would "cement our relations".
"Because geographically, it (Tibet) is a neighbour and it has the border with India," he said.
Sun asserted the Chinese government would welcome the Dalai Lama whenever he chose to return to Tibet, but on one condition - the spiritual leader who has lived in exile in India since fleeing Tibet in 1959 would have to "stop his separatist movement".
The envoy described the Dalai Lama's call for autonomy for Tibet as a "tactic" to gain independence for the region. "So, that is the problem," he said.
Sun said the Dalai Lama's representatives had recently met Chinese officials in Switzerland and that he (Sun) too was in contact with Tibetan representatives on the Tibet issue.
Though the Tibetan representatives spoke about the Dalai Lama's desire to travel to his home in Tibet, such proposals were linked to a demand that the Tibetan government in exile based in India should be recognised as the government in Tibet.
"But there has already been a government of the Tibetans for the last 40 years, an autonomous government in Tibet. And how can we agree on that?" Sun asked.
"And then, they are also asking for the high autonomy and they say, we want our legal system something like that of Hong Kong - that country has two systems. But that is not possible."
Beijing was also opposed to the demand for a "larger Tibet - to include part of four more Chinese provinces" as such a proposal was "technically not acceptable", Sun said.
"So, that is why this issue cannot be solved. What we want is that he (the Dalai Lama) should give up all his desires and go back. He is a religious leader. When he claims that he is only a religious leader, how can a religious leader ever have an exiled government under him?
"He wants to govern. But that is difficult," Sun said.
But Sun admitted there had been a softening of the Dalai Lama's stance in recent years. "Yes. That is exactly why we started talks (with his representatives). And talk is better. I think talk is always better than no talk," he said.
Does anyone else find the title to be funny?
Yeah.
Glad I'm not the only jerk who thought of that.
Authored by Hop Sing and Charlie Chan perhaps?
To say nothing of the UN's sorry actions in Katanga.
Glad I'm not the only jerk who thought of that.I'm just glad I'm not the jerk who thought up that title...
Ah, geez...
I think its funny. Not enough jokes about Chinese folks IMHO. Of course, I am half-Polish...
LOL
Tibet's become a joke...and all we can do is laugh about it.
Sad, really, really sad.
We'll all soon have a Chinese lesson coming up on all of us.
The perils of ignoring a major threat that Commie China really is.
India gave the nod to China annexing Tibet? What have they been smoking?
Why, you think it's slanted?
It seems a little fishy to me.
Why, you think it's slanted?Yes, it does seem to be oriented that way.
Purely occidental, I'm sure.
Now now before we all begin with the India bashing session lets not forget a few things such as .........
Nixon-Kissinger's Chinese adventure......
Or Clinton's tryst with the Chinese.....
And in 1962 was it the US that fought China or was it India?
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