Re: China draws Taiwan into Tibet

Dalai Lama has every right to return to his fatherland Tibet,China. When he
sets foot in China, he has to answer a charge of a treason  for consorting
with the CIA in subverting China in 1959.


"Thomas J Wheat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> China draws Taiwan into Tibet
> 13/11/2003 13:27  - (SA)
>
> Beijing - China insisted on Thursday the Dalai Lama publicly accept
> that Taiwan is a part of China and drop his call for Tibetan
> independence if he ever wants to set foot in Tibet again.
>
> "If the Dalai Lama really gives up Tibet independence and makes a
> statement openly that Tibet is an inalienable part of China and
> announces in public that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China and
> stops all separatist activities, the government could contact and talk
> with him on his future," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
>
> Tibet's exiled spiritual leader said in Russia this week he wants to
> return his homeland within the next three years.
>
> He has lived in India since fleeing the Tibetan capital Lhasa in 1959
> with thousands of supporters after an abortive revolt against Chinese
> rule.
>
> He told Japanese reporters this month he could accept three of China's
> conditions for talks; that Tibet drop its call for independence, put
> an end to separatist movements and accept the legitimacy of the
> Chinese government.
>
> But when it came to the Chinese demand that the Tibetan side accept
> that Taiwan is an integral part of China, he said, "Let them (the
> Taiwanese) decide (on the issue)."
>
> China dismissed the Dalai Lama's suggestion that Beijing should apply
> the "one country, two systems" model to Tibet as it has done in Hong
> Kong and Macau.
>
> "As for the application of the one-country, two-systems in dealing
> with this issue, this principle is a principle only applicable to the
> Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau question," said the foreign ministry.
>
> "The Tibet question is a separate question. This principle is not
> applicable."
>
> China, which annexed Tibet in 1950, regularly condemns the Dalai Lama
> as a "splittist" and renewed its attack on Thursday.
>
> "The Dalai Lama makes moves on the international community everywhere,
> makes false propaganda of Tibetan history and the present, attacks
> religious policy and policy for ethnic groups," it said.
>
> "This injures the feelings of Chinese people, including Tibetans, and
> this will not help improve relations between the central government
> and the Dalai Lama."
>
> Two rounds of talks between the Dalai Lama's camp and Chinese
> representatives have already taken place, in September 2002 and May
> 2003.
>
> A third round was expected in October but never occurred.