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Tibet Brief a Monthly Report of the International Campaign for Tibet FEBRUARY 2010 Tibet Brief A monthly report of the International Campaign for Tibet FEBRUARY 2010 “ This is an opportunity for world leaders to be constructive and help the parties identify a common goal.” – Mary Beth Markey, VP for International Advocacy, ICT In This Issue PAGE 2 Top-level meeting in Beijing sets strategy on Tibet PAGE 3 Special Envoy Lodi Gyari (C) and Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen (R), address the media in Dharamsala on President Obama to meet Dalai Lama the latest round PAGE 4 China Jails Tibetan Filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen for 6 Years 9th round of Sino-Tibetan dialogue PKLU[PÄLZLSLTLU[Z[VI\PSK\WVU The Dalai Lama’s envoys, led by Lodi Gyaltsen both inside and outside of government, have compromise” on the issue of sovereignty in Gyari, visited China from January 26 to 31, been looking for ways to work constructively Tibet and said that the two sides were still 2010, for the ninth round of discussions with with the Chinese and Tibetans to secure an “sharply divided.” Zhu also warned that if US representatives of the Chinese leadership. This end to repression, genuine stability and a better President Obama “chooses to meet with the round was held after a gap of 15 months. way forward in Tibet. According to the Tibetan Dalai Lama at this time, it will certainly threaten statement, this 9th round has produced some trust and co-operation between China and the The International Campaign for Tibet welcomed elements to build on,” said Mary Beth Markey, United States.” (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/ the strong and detailed statement1 issued on Vice President for International Advocacy at the ^VYSKHZPHWHJPÄJ Z[T2) The White his return to Dharamsala by Lodi Gyaltsen International Campaign for Tibet. “The reference /V\ZL OHZ JVUÄYTLK [OH[ 7YLZPKLU[ 6IHTH Gyari, the chief interlocutor with Chinese to common ground is an encouraging result will meet the Dalai Lama, although it has not VMÄJPHSZ K\YPUN UPUL YV\UKZ VM KPHSVN\L ZPUJL from this round of dialogue, and both sides yet announced a date. 2002. Lodi Gyari and envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen OH]LPKLU[PÄLKZ[HIPSP[`HZHNVHSHS[OV\NO[OL` briefed the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India on diverge on the means to achieve it. This is an The Chinese government has lately come to 2 February before issuing the statement which opportunity for world leaders to be constructive describe Tibet as a “core issue” of national concluded that “we do not see any reason and help the parties identify a common goal for sovereignty, and it has responded to the ^O`^LJHUUV[ÄUKJVTTVUNYV\UKVU[OLZL the talks as a path to achieving the resolution Dalai Lama’s proposal for genuine autonomy issues.” The statement included a proposal for of differences that the international community for Tibetans within the People’s Republic of “a common effort to study the actual reality on supports and seeks.” China as “disguised independence.” But the the ground, in the spirit of seeking truth from Dalai Lama’s proposition would not challenge facts [to] help both the sides to move beyond In line with the Chinese government’s strident Chinese sovereignty or claim as “Tibetan” or each others’ contentions” and an appeal to approach, Zhu Weiqun, Executive Vice “autonomous” any territory beyond that which Beijing to stop mislabeling the Dalai Lama as Chairman of the United Front Work Department the government has already designated as a “separatist.” of the Communist Party and one of the envoys’ “Tibetan autonomous” (the Tibet Autonomous counterparts in the dialogue, told press in Beijing Region and parts of Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu “Those long troubled by the situation in Tibet, that there was no possibility of the “slightest continued on Page 2 ICT Europe ICT Brussels ICT Germany ICT United States Vijzelstraat 77 11, rue de la linière Schonhauser Allee 163 1825 Jefferson Place, NW 1017HG Amsterdam 1060 Brussels 10435 Berlin Washington, DC 20036 The Netherlands Belgium Germany United States of America Phone: +31 (0)20 3308265 Phone: +32 (0)2 609 44 10 Telefon: +49 (0)30 27879086 Phone: +(1) 202-785-1515 Fax: +31 (0)20 3308266 Fax: +32 (0)2 609 44 32 Fax: +49 (0)30 27879087 Fax: (202) 785-434 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.tibetpolicy.eu Tibet Brief A monthly report of the International Campaign for Tibet FEBRUARY 2010 Top-level meeting in Beijing sets strategy on Tibet 9th round... The Dalai Lama’s envoys traveled to China for talks at the end of January just days after the conclusion of a high-level meeting attended by President Hu Jintao, setting out China’s Tibet policy and Yunnan provinces, roughly equivalent to for the coming years. the geography of the Tibetan plateau). 3 The Fifth Tibet Work Forum, held on January 18-20, is the most recent in a series of rare strategy In his statement, Lodi Gyari said that the TLL[PUNZVU;PIL[[OH[OH]LUV^ILLUOLSKQ\Z[Ä]L[PTLZZPUJL[OL*OPULZL[VVRV]LY;PIL[PU [HSRZ PUJS\KLK H IYPLÄUN VU [OL -PM[O ;PIL[ 1949-50. The meeting was attended by more than 300 of China’s most senior Party, government Work Forum, a top-level strategy meeting that and military leaders. Notably, the Fifth Tibet Work Forum concluded days before envoys of the Dalai concluded in Beijing in the week before the Lama, led by Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, arrived in China for the ninth round of Sino-Tibetan dialogue, envoys arrived in China. The envoys in turn some 15 months since the previous round. welcomed indications from the proceedings that the authorities were seeking to improve ;OL-PM[O;PIL[>VYR-VY\T^HZ[OLÄYZ[ZPUJL[OLWYV[LZ[ZHUKJYHJRKV^UILNPUUPUNPU4HYJO the lives of Tibetans, particularly those in rural "[OLMV\Y[O^HZOLSKPU1\UL0[^HZUV[HUUV\UJLKPU[OLVMÄJPHSTLKPH\U[PS[^VKH`Z areas, and that the meeting covered the issue after the meeting was over, and the only prior indication that it was about to take place was a of development in all Tibetan areas of the series of brief online articles in the state media in English referring to previous Tibet Work Forums. People’s Republic of China, including those Since then, a carefully-chosen selection of statements from the meeting has been published in the Tibetan areas outside the Tibet Autonomous VMÄJPHSWYLZZPUJS\KPUNZWLLJOLZI`7HY[`:LJYL[HY`HUK7YLZPKLU[/\1PU[HVHUK7YPTL4PUPZ[LY Region. The envoys said: “If we take away the Wen Jiabao. political slogans, many of the issues that have been prioritized by the Forum are similar to the :\TTHY`WVPU[ZMYVTVMÄJPHSTLKPHYLWVY[Z basic needs of the Tibetan people outlined in our Memorandum [on Genuine Autonomy].” Q9LWVY[ZVU[OL-PM[O;PIL[>VYR-VY\TPU[OLVMÄJPHSTLKPHKVUV[PUKPJH[LHWVSPJ`ZOPM[VU;PIL[¶ [OLLTWOHZPZPZZ[PSSVUJVUZVSPKH[PUNJLU[YHSJVU[YVSI`M\Y[OLYHZZPTPSH[PVUVM;PIL[PU[VHº\UPÄLK» “China continues to demonstrate by meeting Chinese state – but there is a difference in tone and approach, with a notable lack of virulent with the Dalai Lama’s envoys and their YOL[VYPJHNHPUZ[[OL+HSHP3HTH^OPJOPZ\Z\HSS`Z\JOHWYL]HSLU[MLH[\YLVMVMÄJPHSJVTTLU[HUK menacing remarks aimed at Washington that reporting on Tibet. the Tibet issue ranks very high in Chinese diplomacy. A failed strategy in Tibet is a problem Q Reports indicate that there is more of an emphasis on improving conditions in rural areas, although for China, and they know it. The bottom line this emphasis still exists within a model of economic development based on infrastructure is that the Tibetans are the key stakeholders construction and resource extraction that has shown to deepen the marginalization and poverty and that means that the direct involvement of Tibetans. While this new focus on improving conditions in rural areas could be a positive step, of the Dalai Lama, whose legitimacy among the strategy for Tibet’s development as a whole needs to be addressed. The reports suggest the Tibetan people is indisputable, is essential that there is less emphasis on the large amount of funds spent on major ‘aid and development’ for a peaceful and stable solution,” Markey projects compared to previous Party and government planning documents on Tibet, which may concluded. ZPNUHSHYLJVNUP[PVU[OH[ÅVVKPUN;PIL[^P[OTVUL`KVLZUV[H\[VTH[PJHSS`ZLJ\YLSV`HS[`[V[OL state. Tibetans from some of the most ‘developed’ areas of Tibet including Lhasa and parts of Results from eight previous rounds of eastern Tibet were at the forefront of protests from March 2008 onwards. dialogue since 2002 have failed to meet the expectations of the international community. Q Reports from the Fifth Tibet Work Forum demonstrate that Tibet is not of marginal concern Since the Tibetans and Chinese last met in I\[PZHJVYLPZZ\L[V[OL7HY[`HZL]PKLUJLKI`[OLZ[YH[LNPJZPNUPÄJHUJLVM;PIL[SHPKV\[PU 2008 (October 31 - November 5), there have the published statements. Compared to previous high-level meetings and in line with global been serious developments in Tibet including concerns on climate change, the Fifth Tibet Work Forum emphasizes security issues linked to the sentencing of Tibetans on political charges the environment of the Tibetan plateau, which is the source of Asia’s major rivers. The Party’s related to alleged contact with the so-called assertion of control over Tibet’s natural resources and fragile eco-system is in the context of an ‘Dalai clique’ in the context of a severe PUJYLHZPUNPU[LYUH[PVUHSH^HYLULZZVM[OLNSVIHSZPNUPÄJHUJLVM[OLPTWHJ[VMJSPTH[LJOHUNLPU crackdown on expressions of Tibetan identity Tibet. Many scientists characterize the Tibetan plateau as the earth’s ‘third pole’ because it has and an aggressive campaign to misrepresent [OLIPNNLZ[PJLÄLSKZV\[ZPKL[OL(YJ[PJHUK(U[HYJ[PJ the Dalai Lama’s position internationally.
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