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...Dalai Lama insisted that the uprising in Tibet was a spontaneous reaction to Beijing's unyielding refusal to hear Tibetan grievances, and its adoption of a policy that the spiritual leader branded "cultural genocide...
...Even as he lambasted the exiled Tibetan leader, Wen added, "We have repeatedly stated that [if] the Dalai Lama gives up his independence position, recognizes Tibet as an inseparable part of China's sovereign territory and recognizes Taiwan as an inseparable part of China's sovereign territory, [then] our door is open to him for talks ... But the recent events exactly prove he is hypocritical on these two key issues. Even so, I want to reiterate that we still keep our word. Now what is key to this is his action...
...Dalai Lama continues to speak out against the goal of independence as unrealistic - much to the chagrin of an increasingly militant younger generation of Tibetans - and has called instead for "genuine" autonomy for Tibet. The Dalai Lama continues to reiterate his firm commitment to policies that have been rejected by many younger Tibetan activists as ineffectual. On Tuesday, he reaffirmed his preference for dialogue and coexistence with the Chinese, threatening to resign his political leadership role if the confrontation with Beijing continued, and urging restraint among Tibetan activists aiming to confront the Chinese. Clearly, the Dalai Lama is concerned that...
...Beijing and the Dalai Lama are a long way from productive dialogue right now, of course, and each side sees reason to mistrust the other. Chinese leaders view the Tibet rebellion as having been stoked by the exiled Tibetan leadership in order to embarrass Beijing on the eve of its Olympic coming-out party, hoping to internationalize their quest for independence in the way that the Kosovar Albanians have - an outcome China will resist at any cost. The activists may be hoping to provoke an international boycott of the Beijing Olympics as a way of forcing China to deal with...
...between the Chinese authorities and representatives of the Dalai Lama has never been treated seriously by Beijing, and that it may simply be a ruse to run out the clock on the political career of the 73-year-old spiritual leader. All the while, China has sought to transform Tibet through massive investment in its economic development, hoping that Colonel Sanders, and the consumer culture he represents, will prove a more alluring icon than the Dalai Lama to younger Tibetans. This, and the mass migration of Han Chinese into Tibet, threatens the viability of Tibet's traditional way of life...