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2005.08.12
Jampa Phuntsok's Hong Kong Interview. Jampa Phuntsok, the chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region, recently said in an interview in Hong Kong that the time is not ripe for the Dalai Lama to return. He also said that should the Dalai Lama die in exile his reincarnation would be chosen by the Chinese Government. Jampa Phuntsok was in Hong Kong, along with several Tibetan lamas and Tibetan dance and drama troupes, for a celebration of Tibetan culture. The event was a part of China's propaganda campaign about Tibet intended to show that Tibet is stable and that Tibetan culture is being preserved. In an interview with the Chinese press of Hong Kong, Jampa Phuntsok was quoted as saying that the Dalai Lama could not yet return because he had not given up his separatist activities. He said that if he were to die in exile his successor would be chosen according to Tibetan Buddhist traditions, the most important of which was approval by the Chinese central government. Jampa Phuntsok was quoted as saying that the Dalai Lama would not be allowed to return unless he abandoned his struggle for Tibetan independence. He said that the Dalai Lama had not given up his separatist activities, among which he mentioned the internationalization of the Tibet issue, the existence of a Tibetan Government in exile and even what he described as a Tibetan military force in exile. By this latter Jampa Phuntsok must be referring to the Tibetan unit in the Indian Army, which has been in existence since the Sino-Indian border war of 1962. The mention of the Tibetan Government in exile and the exile parliament indicates that the Chinese consider this part of what it terms separatist activities. Also included in what the Chinese term as separatist activities was the internationalization of the Tibet issue, by which is apparently meant all the Dalai Lama's international travels and his meetings with foreign leaders. Therefore, the Dalai Lama's formal abandonment of Tibetan independence and his acceptance of Chinese sovereignty over Tibet are insufficient to satisfy the Chinese demand that he abandon all separatist activities. In a related development, Wu Jingjie, a vice-governor of the TAR, said in an interview that China had never recognized the Tibetan Government in exile and would not negotiate with any of its representatives. Jampa Phuntsok said that since the Dalai Lama would not be allowed to return and, therefore, he might die in exile, his successor would be chosen by the Chinese Government. He said that the Dalai Lama's successor would be chosen according to the rules followed by Tibetan Buddhism for centuries. He said that the successor would not be chosen by the Chinese Communist Party, but by the traditional rules of Tibetan Buddhism since the Qing dynasty. When asked what those rules were, he mentioned the choosing of lots from the golden urn, but he said that the most important rule was that the successor should be approved by the central government. Therefore, Jampa Phuntsok contradicted himself by saying that the successor would not be chosen by the Chinese Communist Party, since the successor would indeed be chosen by the Chinese central government, which is controlled by the CCP. Jampa Phuntsok's statements tend to corroborate the suspicion that the Chinese Government's strategy is to await the demise of the Dalai Lama, after which it will choose his successor much as it chose the successor of the Panchen Lama. Jampa Phuntsok further said that the Dalai Lama should study Buddhism and not get involved in worldly affairs, by which he apparently meant that the Dalai Lama should abandon all political activities. Jampa Phuntsok's statements reveal that the Chinese requirements of the Dalai Lama are that he should give up all political activities before any dialogue with him will take place. Obviously, China hopes to treat the Dalai Lama as exclusively a religious leader. Therefore, any talks with him would be confined to his religious role and would exclude anything about the political status of Tibet, including the terms and conditions of Tibetan autonomy within China. The Chinese therefore demand that the Dalai Lama cease all his international activities and dissolve the Tibetan Government in exile, after which they will talk to him about his personal status. However, even the hope that China might talk to him about his personal status is contradicted by the Chinese plan to name their own Dalai Lama. What the Chinese apparently hope to achieve by this strategy is the elimination of the international issue of Tibet. In exchange for this the Chinese promise absolutely nothing in regard to their policy in Tibet. One therefore wonders why the Tibetan side should give up its only advantage in exchange for nothing. It is precisely the international political activities of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan exiles that have caused the Chinese to pay any attention to the issue of Tibet at all. It is only because of the Dalai Lama's and Tibetan exiles' international lobbying that the Chinese have to answer any questions about Tibet to international governments that are concerned about the situation in Tibet. It is only because of Tibetans' international political activities that the Chinese Government has to explain and defend its policy in Tibet to international governments and organizations. It is not surprising, therefore, that China would hope to achieve the elimination of the international Tibet issue of Tibet in exchange for no concessions on its own except a vague promise that it might allow the Dalai Lama to return. Jampa Phuntsok has made China's Tibet strategy quite obvious. China hopes to achieve the elimination of the international issue of Tibet in exchange for vague promises to talk to the Dalai Lama. At the same time, however, China has revealed that it intends to choose the successor to this Dalai Lama. What some experienced observers of the Tibet issue say is that Jampa Phuntsok has revealed the essence of China's strategy in regard to Tibet, a strategy that Chinese leaders are more reluctant to reveal. Given that China's strategy has been so clearly revealed, the Tibetan side would be unwise to restrict any of its international political activities in the hope that this would lead to dialogue with China and a resolution of the Tibet issue. China has revealed that it admits to no real issue of Tibet and that its only purpose in pretending to dialogue with Tibetan exiles is to convince Tibetans to voluntarily eliminate the international Tibet issue. 08/05/05
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