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7th September, 2008
Tibetan Youth Congress strongly condemns the visit of Chinese
Foreign Minister Mr. Yang Jiechi to India.
Tibetan Youth Congress strongly condemns the visit of the Chinese
Foreign Minister Mr. Yang Jiechi to India to improve trade
relations between the two countries, to discuss on the border and other
bilateral issues. The experience of the several decades of India's sincere effort of reconciliation
despite the historic betrayal by China
and China's
iniquitous diplomacy record reveals a grim reality for any amicable
outcome.
The visiting delegate, Foreign Minister Mr. Yang Jiechi is a leader of the
Chinese Communist Regime that lacks the legitimacy, mandate and support of
the Chinese population and is responsible for the death of over 70 million
Chinese including 1.2 million Tibetans in Tibet. The most unprecedented
evidence of the Chinese government's lack of legitimacy in Tibet was displayed by the series of
courageous peaceful Tibetan protests in all the traditional three provinces
of Tibet
who were expressing their grievances and resentment against the Chinese
regime. The series of peaceful protests since March 2008 were mostly led
and participated by Monastic Communities which clearly indicates
the lack of Religious Freedom inside Tibet. Even during the selected
media visit after the protests, some monks came out openly on camera
risking their life to speak up the truth and stated that they do not have
religious freedom.
The protests were quelled by the use of brute force, heightened repression
and the re-intensification of the "Patriotict Re-education
campaigns" in all the monasteries and areas where there were protests.
As international pressure mounted over China's
brutal crackdown inside Tibet,
the Chinese government rather than positively responding to the mounting
international pressure and being apologetic about their brute use of force
against the innocent peaceful Tibetans, the CCP shamelessly blamed His
Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama for inciting protest inside Tibet. The
Premier of China
Mr. Wen Jaibao blatantly called our leader a "Lair" during the
press conference. Some Chinese Officials even lost their little moral sense
by calling our leader "a wolf in monk's robe". Such baseless and
inflammatory accusations from China will only serve in
provoking further public anger and generate more resentment. The Chinese
Public Security Bureau made false and baseless allegations stating that
Tibetans will carry out suicide bombs inside China to sabotage 2008 Beijing
Olympic Games. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has openly challenged these
baseless allegations by appealing them to prove their accusations and also
demanded to appoint an independent inquiry committee to assess the whole
situations inside Tibet
and what are the causes of recent peaceful protest in Tibet.
The Special Envoy's latest visit to China this July 2008 further proved
that China's intentions on the dialogue were not sincere and serious as the
Envoy's have conveyed to their counterparts that in the absence of serious
and sincere commitment on their part the continuation of the present
dialogue process would serve no purpose and His holiness the Dalai Lama
also expressed his disappointment on outcome of the 7th round of talk.
For the last five decades, China
has consistently pursued policies to strategically destabilize India and prevent India's rise as a global power
by creating conditions to deteriorate the natural balance of power in the
Indian Subcontinent. China's
consistent assistance to Pakistan's
nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles programs to counterbalance India's development and keep India preoccupied with Pakistan reduces India's strategic strength in
the Asian Security Context. China's
use of India's neighbors
to curtail Indian influence has not been restricted to Pakistan.
Its contribution to India's
souring relationship with almost all its neighbors at its periphery,
including Nepal, Bangladesh or Burma
are a part of China's
devious policy of containment.
China's reservation against India's emergence as a global power was
clear at the NSG meeting over this week where it put up a strong resistance
despite their promises to support India
's entry into the Global
Nuclear club. To which the Indian National Security Advisor Mr. M K
Narayanan expressed India's disappointment with China's behavior during the
meeting at Vienna.
China's plan to divert the Brahmaputra and other southward flowing river
waters from the Tibetan plateau will dry up the low-lying Indian farmlands
and severely affect the lives of several hundred millions of Indians. It
raises concerns of dispute over inter-state river-water resources as
Tibet's rivers are a lifeline not only to China and India, but also to
Bangladesh, Burma, Bhutan, Nepal, Cambodia, Pakistan, Laos, Thailand and
Vietnam. China's growing appetite for energy and natural resources have led
to China exploring large hydro-projects and reckless exploitation of
Tibet's mineral resources causing destruction of Tibet's fragile ecosystem
and contamination of water sources from ore falling from mining operations.
As the second largest trading partner of India, trade with China exceeded
over $25 billion last year but the need to progress economic trade ties
with China should not be allowed to override or overwhelm the national
interest and security and most importantly the supreme human values of
truth, justice, love and freedom, that India is reputed for espousing.
Tibetan Youth Congress, strongly condemns the latest move by the Aluminum
Corporation of China's (Chinalco) to conduct mineral exploration, mining
and smelting in Tibet, whose smelting plant in the Amdo region of eastern
Tibet has already harmed the local livestock herds and water
supplies. Chinalco's has already violated its pledge to pursue
cooperative and socially responsible development in the region and the
pledge cannot be upheld as the Chinese Government continues to suppress the
Tibetans.
Tibetan Youth Congress, while strongly condemning the visit of Chinese
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to India, firmly believes that the Government
of India, while dealing with the Chinese delegates, will not take any
measure that may go against the historical truth and the aspirations of the
six million Tibetans living in and out of Tibet. For a lasting solution of
the disputes and to ensure lasting peace and development in Asia,
restoration of a Free Tibet as a historical buffer state is, but inevitable
and imminent.
The Indian government must pressure the visiting delegates to improve the
human rights situation inside Tibet; to stop using force against the
peaceful Tibetan demonstrators and release all the arrested Tibetans
without any condition; to allow independent fact finding delegations inside
Tibet; to stop cultural genocide and demographic transformations inside
Tibet; to allow Tibetan people to exercise Freedom of expression, Freedom
of movement and Freedom of assembly; to lift the ban on international media
and allow free movement of Press in Tibet without further delay.
Tibetan Youth Congress reiterates its stand for a complete Independence of
Tibet and urge the Indian Government and the people for its much prized and
impending political support in the realization of the sacred objective of
the Tibetan people all over the world.
Issued by: The Office of Central Executive Committee, Tibetan Youth
Congress
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