Where does Dalai Lama´s "middle path" lead to ?

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-03-2008 09:03

Following the Lhasa violence on March 14th, the Dalai Lama has made many speeches in an attempt to absolve his clique of the responsibility it bears for the many casualties during the riots.

The other day, he again stated that there has been no change in his "middle path" stance, and expressed the hope for "Chinese leaders" to "hold substantive talks with Tibetans". So what is this "middle path" the Dalai Lama claims to follow, and what does he want from the central government? The Wednesday edition of China Daily has published an article titled "So where does the 'middle path' go?" The article is an expose of the plots behind the Lhasa riots.

The riots in Lhasa, send a clear signal that the Dalai clique has never given up their attempt to sabotage the central government's goal of creating a stable, harmonious and prosperous Tibet autonomous region.

The article says the Dalai Lama preached a Five-Point Peace Plan to the US Congress in 1987, and a New Seven-Point Proposal to the European Parliament in 1988. Together, the two proposals outline his so-called middle-path policy. The politician-in-exile has repeatedly said his policy is the best solution within the framework of the constitution of the People's Republic of China. But in reality, it goes totally against the country's constitution.

In his proposals, the Dalai Lama falsified and blurred the ownership of Tibet. In his view, the issue of Tibet is not China's internal affair. He likens Tibet to a colony, which he says has the right to exercise its "national self-determination" according to international law. This is clearly another attempt at "Tibet independence".

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In his proposals, the Dalai Lama also said Tibet should have its democratically elected executive and establish a two-chamber legislature as well as an independent judicial system. It is obvious that the Dalai Lama is attempting to overthrow the decades-old political system the central government has practiced in Tibet.

In his proposals, the Dalai Lama revealed his desire to establish a so-called "independent Greater Tibet," which in fact has never existed in history. The "independent Greater Tibet" plan will inevitably upset China's existing ethnic distribution, which sees many ethnic groups living side by side in the same region. The plan will hurt their finance and the country's economy, and result in social chaos.

The Dalai Lama also said China's army should be withdrawn from the "independent Greater Tibet". The right to post an army is central to a country's sovereignty, and such a unreasonable demand exposes the Dalai Lama's scheme to deny the central government its right to rule over Tibet.

The China Daily article says the central government has all along exercised great patience in pursuing dialogue with the Dalai Lama -- even after the Lhasa riots. However, it is the Dalai Lama who has consistently undermined the grounds for talks.

The article says the Dalai Lama should stop instigating and orchestrating violence, stop trying to sabotage the Beijing Olympics, and stop attempting to split Tibet from the motherland. Only by doing so can he show that he is serious and sincere about his proposal to hold talks with the central government.

Editor:Zhang Ning