India won't allow Dalai Lama's political activity, says China

India won't allow Dalai Lama's political activity, says China

 

China has expressed confidence that

India would not allow the Dalai Lama to indulge in any

political activity in the country and the Tibetan spiritual

leader should not be seen as a problem for bilateral ties.

          "The Dalai Lama has been living in India as a guest. The

Indian government has said that it will not allow the Dalai

Lama to indulge in any political activity. China has full

confidence in it," Cui Yuying, Vice Minister in the State

Council Information Office, told a group of visiting foreign

journalists here.

          Cue, a Tibetan herself, said both China and India are

developing economically and the Dalai Lama should not be seen

as a problem.

            She said the respect for the Dalai Lama is only because

of the title and the present Tibetan spiritual leader has done

nothing good for the community.

            Cui said many Tibetans are having false hopes about the

Dalai Lama.

            "People's respect for the Dalai Lama is only because of

the title," Cue said, adding the Dalai Lama has done nothing

good for the Tibetans.

            "All he has done is to separate the people. It is not

necessary for the Chinese government to make people know what

the intentions of the Dalai Lama actually are. It is for the

people to decide and they know what his intentions are."

            She said that the Dalai Lama and his followers are not

necessarily leading good lives. "A lot of his followers have

returned to China. Several of his followers have related their

plight. None of their stories were interesting."

            After the Dalai Lama fled his Himalayan homeland more

than 50 years ago following an armed uprising against the

Communist rule, most of the monasteries were in dilapidated

condition, said Cue. "We have now restored them and the result

is for you to see."

            She also said that China has been consistent in its

policy to Tibetans settling abroad. "The door is always open

for them to return."

            Lian Xiang Min, director of the Tibetology Centre here,

said people's opinion differ on the absence of the Dalai Lama

from Tibet.

            "But most Tibetans don't agree in terms of his politics.

Tibetans consider the Dalai Lama as a religious leader. After

peaceful liberation of Tibet in 1951, people don't agree with

the political ideas of the Dalai Lama," he said.

            He said there are six million Tibetans living across the

globe, of which 2.7 million live in Tibet alone.

            China has been accusing the Dalai Lama of trying to drive

out the ethnic people, including Hans, who have been living in

the Tibet Autonomous Region for centuries and denying the

rights of other ethnic minorities.

            Besides, China has accused the Dalai Lama of putting

hurdles in establishing warm relations between Beijing and the

Tibetan people.