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...fact, the Dalai Lama's chief goal in holding the extraordinary meeting of exiles is the exact opposite, says Columbia professor and renowned Tibetologist Robbie Barnett. He says the summit is an attempt to "reunify all the factions in the Tibetan exile movement" at a time when it appears to be at its most fragmented. "He's been criticized strongly in the past for not allowing free discussion. This is a great way to answer that criticism," Barnett says. He thinks the likelihood of the more radical voices gaining the upper hand in the discussions is low. "They...
...highest ranking monk in the Tibetan hierarchy, the Panchen Lama. "He's already indicated that he's ready to consider a number of non-traditional possibilities such as appointing a child successor now or having a lay person follow him around, or even contemplating having a woman successor," says Barnett. "This seems to be turning into the forum where they can discuss issues like that...
...appears that after decades of fruitless negotiations with Beijing as part of an attempt to gain some concessions for his homeland, the 15th Dalai Lama may have finally reached the end of his tether. "Mr. Patience has run out of patience," says Robbie Barnett, a professor of Tibetan studies at Columbia University in New York City. "It's really very serious indeed and a major disappointment, though not so much of a surprise. The Chinese must have know this was coming - some of the responsible officials in fact must be very pleased that they have managed to provoke this reaction...
...stating in July that the talks were not about the future of Tibet but about arrangements for the Dalai Lama's own future, including when he might be allowed to return to China. "That's exactly what caused the collapse of talks all the way back in 1985," says Barnett. "They must have known what would happen if they humiliated him that way again." Once they had returned to that phraseology, Barnett says the Dalai Lama had almost no choice but to repudiate them. Considering everything, he says, "the only real surprise is that it took so long...
...donation, which includes painting by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, and Barnett Newman, is "one of the most significant donations of art" that the Harvard Art Museum has ever received. The $45-million is also the largest financial gift ever to the museum...