Commentary: "Dalai Lama´s high-degree autonomy for Tibet" means overthrowing China´s social system

The Dalai Lama used to support China's Constitution and social system. On November 17, 1950, he came into power at the age of less than 16. We can see that the young Dalai Lama indeed cherished the ideal and wish to do something for Tibet, although it was the storm of various types of conflicts that pushed him to the forefront of the Tibetan local government combining religion and political affairs and there were all kinds of people with various purposes who attempted to influence him in making decisions. In accordance with the wish of the Tibetan people, he followed the advices of patriotic forces of the upper class represented by Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme to enable the Tibetan local government to sign with the Central Government the 17- Point Agreement on liberating Tibet peacefully. In 1954, he came to Beijing to attend the First Session of the National People's Congress, at which he was elected vice chairman of the Standing Committee, becoming a state leader. When discussing the first Draft Constitution of the People's Republic of China, he said, "The Constitution of the People's Republic of China conforms to the national interests of the whole country," "In particular, the Draft Constitution stipulates that various ethnic groups may formulate their own autonomous regulations in accordance with their own development characteristics, in order to fully exercise their autonomous rights." In 1956, the Preparatory Committee for Establishing the Tibet Autonomous Region was established and the Dalai Lama was elected the chairman. He said in his report at the inaugural ceremony: "The establishment of the Preparatory Committee for Establishing Tibetan Autonomous Region is not only in good time but also necessary," "We sincerely support the policy of the Communist Party of China and the Central People's Government on practicing regional autonomy in areas inhabited by the people of ethnic groups, equality and unity among various ethnic groups, and on protecting freedom in religious belief."

Regrettably, the then Dalai Lama was still young after all, and did not resist and finally yielded to the influence and control of two old forces. One force was the imperialist force that used him to curb the development of the newly-born People's Republic of China led by the Communist Party of China. The other force involved the people around him who incited him to oppose the reform and split the nation. These people were beneficiaries of the feudal serfdom integrating politics and religion, including his family members. These people could not accept the change in the social system that would come sooner or later, and could not tolerate the deprivation of their various feudal privileges. Therefore, they attempted to protect their rights and interests at all costs, including eventually instigating the Dalai Lama to flee from the motherland.