Tibet Awareness – The Reality of Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet
Tibet Awareness – The Yoke of Occupation. Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet. China Showcases 50 Years of hold on Tibet with Big Parade.
On Tuesday, September 08, 2015, Red China hosted a ceremony in the square of Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet to celebrate formation of Tibet Autonomous Region or TAR on September 01, 1965. This celebration does not change the reality of Potala Palace. It stands as a proud symbol of Tibetan Independence and Tibetan Sovereignty. Potala Palace like the White House can only represent one form of national government. As long as the name ‘Potala Palace’ survives, it stands for a political institution called Ganden Phodrang.
CHINA SHOWCASES 50 YEARS OF HOLD ON TIBET WITH BIG PARADE
THE HINDU
BEIJING, September 8, 2015 Updated: September 8, 2015 18:38 IST
CHINA SHOWCASES 50 YEARS OF HOLD ON TIBET WITH BIG PARADE
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CHINA SHOWCASES 50 YEARS OF HOLD ON TIBET WITH BIG PARADE. Performers carry a giant Chinese national emblem (right) and pictures of Chinese government leaders including President Xi Jinping, former leaders Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin, Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong, during the celebration event at the Potala Palace marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region, in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on Tuesday.
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Performers carry a giant Chinese national emblem (right) and pictures of Chinese government leaders including President Xi Jinping, former leaders Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin, Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong, during the celebration event at the Potala Palace marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region, in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on Tuesday.
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B RISHIKESH BAHADUR DESAI
China on Tuesday marked 50 years of Tibet’s amalgamation with the Communist giant, holding a grand parade in Lhasa showcasing its grip on the strategic Himalayan region even as it adopted a tough stance against the Dalai Lama, Tibetan religious leader, calling for a crackdown on “separatist forces.” A big meeting followed by a grand parade was held in front of the Potala Palace, traditional home of the Dalai Lama from where he fled to India in 1959, attended among others by senior official of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), Yu Zhengsheng, to mark 50 years of Tibet being declared as an autonomous province of China.
China’s claim
China says Tibet became a part of the country by “peaceful liberation” when Chinese troops invaded the Himalayan plateau in 1950 establishing Beijing’s control over it. The Tibet Autonomous Region was founded on September 1, 1965, after the establishment of the regional People’s Congress, the local legislature. Addressing the colourful ceremony, Mr. Yu, who is in-charge of minorities in China, stressed the legality of crackdown on separatists, the official characterisation of supporters of the Dalai Lama including Buddhist monks.
High-handedness charge
Overseas Tibetan groups accused the Chinese authorities of high-handed methods in dealing with those supporting the Dalai Lama, widely regarded as the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism.
Over 130 Tibetans, including monks, have committed self immolations in the recent years demanding the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet. Calling for “strict adherence to the law in managing religious affairs in Tibet,” Mr. Yu said “law-based governance is fundamental to the long-term stability of Tibet.”
Policing of separatism
In a nationally telecast ceremony, Mr. Yu said policing of separatism must also be done legally while asserting that the crackdown on separatists would continue, scotching any hopes of reconciliation with the Dalai Lama under the new leadership headed by President Xi Jinping. Law-based governance in Tibet was also highlighted in a speech by Mr. Xi last month, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Referring to security of Tibet which formed part of the India-China border, Mr. Yu also said: “Border areas must be well managed to successfully govern the country, and stability in Tibet is paramount to the management of these areas.”
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TIBET AWARENESS – POTALA PALACE, LHASA, TIBET – TIBET IS UNDER OCCUPATION. Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.
On September 01, 2015, Red China is celebrating a historical event that scars the beauty of Tibetan landscape. Red China brutally carved out a province that she calls Tibetan Autonomous Region or TAR where Tibetans have no autonomy and are denied Right to Self-Determination. Tibet has a total area of 965, 000 square miles and as such in terms of size, Tibet is world’s tenth largest nation.
I am sharing a few photo images of Tibet, its landscape and its people. Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.
TIBET AWARENESS – TIBET IS UNDER OCCUPATION. QINGHAI. TIBET PLATEAU.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.TIBET AWARENESS – TIBET IS UNDER OCCUPATION. QINGHAI – TIBET PLATEAU.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.TIBET AWARENESS – TIBET IS UNDER OCCUPATION. QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.TIBET AWARENESS – TIBET IS UNDER OCCUPATION. QINGHAI. TIBET. Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.Red China has been using photo images of Tibet to promote Tibetan Tourism which fails to acknowledge Tibet’s Independence and Tibetans’ Right to Natural Freedom.
Tibet Awareness – Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet is missing the Reincarnated Spirit it hosts
Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.
I host ‘The Living Tibetan Spirits’ to promote ‘Tibet Awareness’. I acknowledge The Dalai Lama as the Supreme, Independent, Sovereign Authority, and Ruler of Tibet.
Tibet Awareness – Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet is missing the Reincarnated Spirit it hosts
The Great 5th Dalai Lama (1617 – 1682) founded the Ganden Phodrang Government of Tibet. Potala Palace was built-in Lhasa during the reign of the Great 5th Dalai Lama. The term ‘Sovereign’ is used to describe an entity that is above, superior to all others, Chief, greatest, Supreme in Power, Rank or Authority. Independence of Tibetan people is kept for much of its history as Tibet remained free of direct foreign control even while it came under foreign conquests by Mongol or Yunan Dynasty (1279 – 1368) and Qing, Ch’ing, or Manchu Dynasty (1644 – 1911). During the reign of the Great 13th Dalai Lama, Tibet declared full independence on February 13, 1913. Sovereign, Independent Tibet signed Mc Mahon Treaty in 1914 to come to an understanding about Tibet’s southern border with India. Tibet has not signed any treaty and has not concluded any agreement about border between Tibet and People’s Republic of China. The Seventeen-Point Plan or 17-Point Agreement that describe ‘measures for peaceful Liberation of Tibet’ do not compromise the power and authority of the Ganden Phodrang Government of Tibet to control Tibetan Affairs.
Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.
The New Zealand Herald
CHRISTOPHER ADAMS @chrisadamsNZ
The Business Herald’s markets and banking reporter.
LEGACY OF DALAI LAMA FADES IN NEW TIBET
5:00 AM Saturday Aug 22, 2015
Former leader runs an exile government, but at home China is in control and tourists roam the palace.
Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.
The Dalai Lama’s Potala Palace is now an attraction for Chinese tourists and its former resident lives in exile in India. Photo / AP It’s hard not to feel a sense of melancholy while passing through the Dalai Lama’s former quarters in Lhasa’s Potala Palace.
In one room visitors view the throne on which Tibet’s one-time ruler sat while addressing officials. Further on – reached through a network of narrow passageways – is his bedroom, the first of the palace’s 1000 rooms to catch the winter sun.
But the 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, no longer walks these corridors. He fled south to India, where he established a government in exile, during the Tibetan uprising of 1959.
Nine years earlier, the army of the newly formed People’s Republic of China crossed the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and took control of Tibet. The region was formally incorporated into the communist state in 1951.
Today, the 80-year-old Dalai Lama remains in his Indian exile and an army of a different kind – hordes of Chinese tourists – file daily through his old quarters. Security guards in orange jumpsuits keep them in check, while red-robed monks stare at their smartphones or murmur prayers, seemingly oblivious to the crush of Chinese tourism surrounding them.
While access to Tibet is severely restricted for foreign journalists, the Herald was able to join an official media tour to Lhasa, the regional capital, this month. It gave a controlled yet intriguing glimpse into life in a region that, like the rest of China, is forging ahead in the quest for development.
Chinese rule of Tibet rests on a platform of economic growth and substantial state subsidies provided to the indigenous population. Hulking tower blocks are emerging from the barren earth on Lhasa’s western outskirts as investment pours in from the central government and wealthier, eastern provinces.
The region’s economy grew by 12 per cent last year, well ahead of the 7.4 per cent national rate. Access to the remote Himalayan region has been improved.
A high-altitude railway line linking Tibet to the rest of China opened in 2006 and carried 7.5 million passengers, more than twice the region’s population, in 2013. And in 2011 China’s then Vice-President, Xi Jinping, cut the ribbon on a 38km, four-lane highway running from Lhasa to the city’s Gongkar airport. It’s a feat of engineering, with numerous tunnels beneath the jagged mountains on the route.
“The driving force of the Tibetan economy is basically the investment drive, rather than trading,” said Yang Tao, of Beijing’s China Tibetology Research Centre. Despite the development, China’s control of Tibet remains a sensitive issue. Activists accuse Beijing of suppressing Tibetans’ cultural and religious freedoms amid a tide of Han Chinese migration into the region from other parts of the country.
Fatal anti-Chinese protests broke out in Tibet before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the Save Tibet organisation claims 142 Tibetans have self-immolated in China since 2009 in protest at Chinese rule of the region.
But China says its sovereignty over Tibet stretches back for centuries and the Tibetans were “liberated” from slavery and serfdom in 1951. The extent of Han migration is evident in Lhasa, where Mandarin language dominates the signs above the shops, largely run by Han Chinese, that line the city’s bustling streets.
Tibetan script is required, by law, to also appear. But more often than not, it is secondary to much larger Mandarin characters. The Chinese Government says the region’s population of more than three million remains more than 90 per cent Tibetan.
Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.
Today, the 80-year-old Dalai Lama remains in his Indian exile and an army of a different kind – hordes of Chinese tourists – file daily through his old quarters. Photo / AP Jigme Wangtso, an ethnic Tibetan and director of Tibet’s Government Information Office, said there was a misconception that the Government initiated Han migration to Tibet.
“It is normal and natural for people to migrate,” he said, adding that migration was a two-way street, as large numbers of Tibetans had migrated to Chinese provinces. But international travel remains challenging for Tibetans who, according to Human Rights Watch, can face a five-year wait for passports.
Asked about the obvious presence of large numbers of migrants in Lhasa, Jigme suggested Tibetans were being confused with Han. “Don’t judge all as being Han,” he said. “Am I Han or Tibetan? I don’t wear Tibetan costume.”
He said he saw no proof of a separatist movement existing in Tibet today. He said most Tibetans did not have “any special attachment” to the exiled Dalai Lama and instead appreciated the improvements in living standards, in areas such as health and education, which China’s “preferential policies” had brought to Tibet.
“People are happy with the system,” he said. “He [the Dalai Lama] brought nothing for me.” We do not see any obvious signs of discontent in Lhasa.
But on our first day in the city, we see a convoy of more than 40 trucks filled with paramilitary officers in full riot gear, accompanied by tanks and water cannon vehicles. Our minders say the procession is “practice” for next month’s 50th anniversary of the Tibet Autonomous Region’s establishment.
In Lhasa’s Zhaxi community we are taken to the home of Tibetan local Communist Party chief Suolang Bazhu. His living room wall is adorned with photographs of party leaders, past and present, alongside a mural of the Potala Palace. Suolang, 72, says he has seen huge changes in Lhasa under Chinese rule.
“Ordinary people are usually very thankful for these changes because they lifted us from poverty,” he says. “We used to have nothing … but now we have everything.” State subsidies to Tibet were increased after the 2008 unrest, and in 2010 exceeded 100 per cent of the region’s gross domestic product for the first time, according to Andrew Fischer, of the Institute for Social Sciences in The Hague.
A “comfortable housing” programme has reportedly given millions of rural Tibetans new homes. Our group is taken to visit one relocation village, Dekyi, near Gongkar airport. It is part of the nationwide “New Socialist Countryside” project, which began in 2006. It aims to help the country’s more than 600 million-strong rural population catch up, economically, with those living in China’s booming cities.
In Dekyi, we are ushered into the home of Dawa, a 55-year-old farmer (like many Tibetans he has only one name). Dawa’s family was the first to move into the village, in early 2013 after their previous home was flooded. He says he received a 115,000 yuan ($27,195) subsidy to help build his new house, plus another 20,000 yuan to construct a yak stable.
The rights group Free Tibet says Tibetans often suffer in new housing colonies and towns because they don’t have the skills to compete for jobs in a different environment. There have also been accusations that many rural Tibetans have been forced to relocate.
But Dawa doesn’t have any complaints, or at least none that he will share with us. He says it was his decision to make the move, which has enabled him to increase his agricultural production “It would be impossible for me to have such a lifestyle without the subsidy of the Government,” he says.
Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.Potala Palace is built before the construction of The White House in Washington DC during presidency of George Washington. John Adams, the second President of the United States in 1797 was first to live there. Millions of tourists from Red China currently visit occupied Tibet and Potala Palace has become a place of tourist attraction for the 14th Dalai Lama lives in exile since March 1959. The geopolitical interests of all other independent, free, sovereign nations of this world will be best served by defeating Red China and evicting Red China’s occupying forces from Tibet.
Red China’s Strategy in Tibet – Rule with Iron Fist
Whole Strategy – Red China’s Strategy in Occupied Tibet. Rule with Iron Fist.
Red China on July 10, 2015 formulated a new strategy to suppress expression of Tibetan Identity in all areas of Tibet that include the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), and Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures incorporated into Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai, and Gansu Provinces encompassing the eastern Tibetan regions of Amdo, and Kham. Red China’s policy of Suppression of Tibetan Identity has achieved an altogether unintended purpose and it gives an opportunity to all Tibetans to collectively breakdown the knuckles of Red China’s Iron Fist and slacken her grip over Tibet.
Whole Strategy – Red China’s Strategy in Occupied Tibet. Rule with Iron Fist.
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
August 14, 2015
Tibet: Increased Militarization ahead of 50th Anniversary
Whole Strategy – Red China’s Strategy in Occupied Tibet. Rule with Iron Fist.
With the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) coming up on 1 September 2015, Chinese military troops have excessively increased their presence in the region during the month of August. Moreover, on 30 July 2015, a high-level meeting on Tibet security policy was convened by China’s top Politburo and presided over by President Xi Jinping himself.
In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Chinese People’s Liberation Army troops march during a grand ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region at the square of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. Schoolchildren waved flags and paramilitary troops marched in full battle dress as the Chinese government on Tuesday staged a mass spectacle marking 50 years since Tibet’s establishment as an ethnic autonomous region firmly under the control of Beijing. (Pang Xinglei/Xinhua via AP)
Below is an article by INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET Major troop movements, including tanks or heavy artillery in convoys of more than 200 vehicles, have been observed in different parts of Tibet in the build-up to the September 1 anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region, which will be attended by Chinese leaders from Beijing. The People’s Liberation Army held major live fire exercises this week led by the Chengdu military district that oversees Tibet and the border areas. The importance of the Tibet issue at the highest levels in China was underlined by a meeting of the top Politburo led by Party Secretary Xi Jinping on July 30. The issue of the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation was raised in the official media as a critical element of the PRC’s “sovereignty and national security”. The formation of a powerful new central group for ‘United Front’ work – the Party department involved in dialogue with the Dalai Lama’s representatives until talks stalled in January 2010 – is likely to indicate an upgrading of the department and a strengthening of control. An agreement formalizing cooperation on security and ‘political stability’ – a political term associated with a dramatic expansion of military and police powers – across Tibetan areas in the PRC was made in Lhasa on July 10. The new developments, which focus on a hard line approach to the Dalai Lama and struggle against ‘separatism’ set the tone for a key high-level strategy meeting rumored to be imminent that is intended to set Tibet policy for the coming decade. Linked to this, there is speculation that China’s Party Secretary and President Xi Jinping may visit Tibet in the next few weeks. Images and footage have emerged of major convoys of troops in transit in Lhasa and Shigatse (Chinese: Rikaze) in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), and Rebkong (Chinese: Tongren) in Qinghai, in July. While the purpose of some of the convoys appears to have been propaganda and intimidation, some of the troop movements may have been linked to major military exercises. The Chinese state media announced a joint military drill with live firing on Monday (August 10) on the Tibetan plateau in Sichuan (Xinhua, August 11, 2015). The footage depicts trucks full of armed troops passing through Lhasa near the Potala Palace and a main street in Shigatse. The vehicles have red banners on the side of the vehicles bearing slogans in Chinese characters including: “To defend security and stability in Tibet”; “A healthy civilian and peaceful society is the will of the people”; “Sincerely loyal to the Party and unswervingly work for its mission”. No air cover was reported by sources who observed the various convoys, and one source said that no troop movements of this scale had been observed in the areas before. One of the troop convoys in the TAR consisted of more than 200 vehicles, including several tanks either on wheels or caterpillar tracks, traveling from Lhasa in the direction of Bayi, which is the prefectural capital of Nyingtri/Kongpo (Chinese: Linzhi) and a major base of the armed forces in Tibet close to the border with India. The convoy included “bridges on wheels” – portable bridges to be dismantled and used for heavy vehicles crossing rivers or in areas affected by landslides. The purpose of the troop movements is not known, although it is likely to be a combination of conveying propaganda, overt intimidation and involvement in major military exercises. The Chinese state media announced this week that a joint military drill entered “live fire stage” “in a plateau area” in Sichuan, organized by the People’s Liberation Army Chengdu Military Area Command, which oversees Tibetan areas including the sensitive border with India. Code-named ‘Joint Action-2015D’, Xinhua reported that it was the “first of five similar drills that will involve a total of more than 140,000 soldiers from over 140 PLA regiments of various types.” (Xinhua, August 11, 2015). There has been a strong emphasis in the official press about the strengthening of control mechanisms at a time when the CCP authorities are preparing for the major 50th anniversary of their foundation of the TAR. While this is to be marked throughout August, the main date for the official celebration is September 1. Sources have reported tightened security in every sphere, including instructions on the importance of ‘stability’ conveyed to Tibetan trade organisations, business and tourist agencies and an increase in police checkpoints. Travel permits to the TAR are not being issued for at least the first week of September, according to a report posted on the website prweb.com on Jul 26, citing Tibet tourism bureau. The scale of the military movements in several different areas and tightened security across the TAR has also heightened speculation about an imminent visit of Party Secretary and President Xi Jinping to Tibet, according to various sources and comments circulating on social media. A meeting of the Chinese Politburo on July 30 presided over by Xi Jinping asserted the continued “anti-separatist” hard line approach by the authorities in Tibet, with Xinhua stating that “safeguarding national unity and enhancing ethnic unity” should be emphasized in order to achieve “long-term stability”. It was the second Politburo meeting in a period of ten days, discussing issues of China’s economy and development. The emphasis on Tibet policy indicates it is a matter of prominent concern at the highest levels of the CCP. Given the limited details released about the behind closed doors meeting, it is not possible to confirm whether Party control over the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation was discussed. Earlier last month the state media had released a statement objecting to the Dalai Lama’s comments in the New York Times on his own reincarnation. The state media report confirmed that the CCP authorities view this as “an important issue concerning sovereignty and national security.” (Xinhua, July 19, 2015). The Dalai Lama, who turned 80 on July 6, said recently: “The Chinese Communist Party is pretending that they know more about the reincarnation system than the Dalai Lama.” The significance of the Tibet issue to the Party was emphasized in an editorial in the Chinese-language publication Legal Daily, which stated: “Last year was the 20th anniversary of the beginning of partnered aiding Tibet, this year is the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region, and next year is the 65th anniversary of the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet. Against a backdrop of the convergence of these important points, central authorities have given the highest priority to making decisions about the development of Tibet.” The CCP prioritizes development, infrastructure construction and resource extraction as key elements of its strategic objectives in Tibet, casting support for the Dalai Lama and protection of Tibetan national identity as obstacles to its ambitions to re-shape the Tibetan plateau for its own purposes and ensure its dominance. After the Politburo meeting, the state media also announced the formation of a leading group for United Front work – the Party department involved in dialogue with the Dalai Lama’s representatives until talks stalled in January 2010. The United Front Work Department oversees the implementation of Party policy toward China’s ethnic and religious groups, intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and outside organisations, among other functions. It is not yet known whether Xi Jinping will head the new ‘central leading group’ of the United Front, but the development is likely to indicate an upgrading of the department and a strengthening of control. One of the key priorities of the United Front Work Department is to maintain a hard line position on Tibet, with a core mission of ‘struggle’ against the Dalai Lama. The leading group in the Party bureaucracy charged with Tibet policy is directed by the Politburo Standing Committee member in charge of the United Front. The Politburo meeting on July 30 and an additional meeting in Lhasa on July 10 to coordinate security policy across all Tibetan areas of the PRC have set the frame for a Sixth Tibet Work Forum which is rumored to be imminent. There have only been five such strategy meetings since the Chinese took over Tibet in 1949-50. The Fifth Work Forum in January, 2010 – the first since 2001 – was attended by more than 300 of China’s most senior Party, government and military leaders and set the cycle of policy for the subsequent years. While the Fourth Work Forum focused on the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Fifth included all Tibetan areas in Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces – encompassing the eastern Tibetan regions of Amdo and Kham. Official statements tended before to characterize only the Tibet Autonomous Region as ‘Tibet,’ although Tibetan areas incorporated in four other provinces are defined as ‘Tibetan autonomous’ prefectures and counties. Uniformity of policy throughout Tibetan areas of the PRC has been emphasized since then, and was further underlined in a meeting in Lhasa on July 10 (2015). According to a state media report in Chinese, the ‘strategy forum’ held on July 10 involved the Tibet Autonomous Region and Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures incorporated into Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu signing a cooperation agreement on ‘stability’. In Chinese political language, ‘stability’ is a coded reference to the need to crush any form of dissent and to ensure allegiance to the CCP authorities in order for the authorities to pursue their strategic and economic objectives on the plateau without impediment. The meeting focused on strengthening of control across Tibetan areas, describing the meeting as the first “cross-regional local Tibet Work Forum”. In a further agenda-setting statement, on April 15 the Chinese government had issued a long and elaborately argued White Paper on Tibet which outlined the CCP’s political position on the Dalai Lama and Tibet’s status in great detail with a much harsher approach than in previous such statements. In the paper, circulated widely in the Chinese state media, the authorities went on the attack over the Dalai Lama’s Middle Way approach, which advocates for a genuine autonomy under the sovereignty of the PRC. It is notable that the Chinese authorities have issued more White Papers on Tibet than on Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Inner Mongolia put together. A month later, in May (2015), a conference of the United Front Work Department, the Party bureau behind the White Paper, was upgraded to the level of the central authorities. According to the Legal Daily, the changes in the status of these officials reflect the importance the central government attaches to United Front work. Legal Daily explained: “Why was the decision made at the Politburo meeting to set up a Central United Front Work Leading Group? Professor Zhu Lijia of the National School of Administration thinks you can find the answer in Xi Jinping’s speech during the May 20 meeting of the Central United Front Work Conference, in which Xi Jinping stressed that “Now, our Party historical position, facing the internal and external situation, is shouldering significant changes in our mission and tasks. The more we change, the more the United Front should develop, and the more the United Front work will be done well.” In the Communist Party bureaucracy, leading small groups function as powerful mechanisms to ensure implementation of policies established by their supervising leadership. The leading small group on Tibet is headed by Yu Zhengsheng on the Politburo, who is also director of the Xinjiang Work Coordination Small Group.
Director of the United Front Work Department Sun Chunlan visited Tibet on July 9-12 (2015), travelling to Labrang monastery in Gansu, and Tibetan areas in Sichuan and Qinghai. During the visit, Sun Chunlan expressed her hope that Tibetan Buddhists should ‘promote patriotism’, which means allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party, and that the Buddhist teachings should be “adaptable to core values of socialism in order to become an important force for national unification, ethnic unity and social stability.”
In the current political climate in Tibet, almost any expression of Tibetan identity or culture not directly sanctioned by the state, no matter how moderate, can be characterized by the authorities as “creating instability” or “splittist” and therefore “criminal.” Definitions of what constitutes “criminal” activity are deliberately opaque, giving leeway for lower-level officials and security personnel to apply severe penalties. Tibetans in areas characterized as being “lacking in stability” can be subjected to harsh and violent reprisals. For instance, countless Tibetans in Driru (Chinese: Biru) in the Tibet Autonomous Region have been tortured and imprisoned for even mild expressions of views in the context of an ongoing crackdown. The India-based Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy reported this week that on the night of 5 August 2015, local county officials accompanied by People’s Armed Police (PAP) officers attacked several sleeping Tibetans in their homes with hammers, sticks, knives and stones apparently as a punishment for failing to organize the celebration of ‘Army Day’ on August 1. It has been noted in the Indian media that an announcement of the promotion of ten People’s Liberation Army officers, at least four of whom have served in Tibet, was made at around the same time as the Politburo meeting on July 30. The officers who were promoted to the highest rank of full General included Jinan Military Region Commander Zhao Zongqi who served over 20 years in Tibet, and the Lanzhou and Chengdu Military Region Commanders, 60-year-old General Liu Yuejun and General Li Zuocheng. According to analyst Jayadeva
Ranade, President of the Centre for China Analysis and Strategy: “The operational jurisdiction of both includes the Tibet region across India’s borders and both Commanders were in position at the time of the intrusions in the Depsang Plains and the Chumar area in Ladakh in April 2013 and September 2014 respectively.”
Mr Ranade, a former Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, also said: “The promotions additionally point to the attention being given by the Chinese leadership to the Sino-Indian border and to steadily enhancing and consolidating military preparedness in Tibet.” Xinhua reported this week: “The PLA plans to complete more than 100 joint exercises involving over 50 army corps this year. Military experts consider joint exercises the most demanding training, as they require a high degree of coordination.” (Xinhua, August 11, 2015). The International Campaign for Tibet believes that there is an urgent need to end the excessive and counter-productive military buildup in Tibet and limit the dominance of the security apparatus, factors that are intensifying the dangers in Tibet and undermining any genuine stability. The Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday this year should give the authorities pause to consider that policies in Tibet that vilify him and attack Tibetan culture, religion and Tibetan identity, are at the root cause of the current crisis, and that genuine Tibetan grievances must be addressed.
RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – DICTATORIAL REGIME: RED CHINA IS AUTOCRATIC, DOMINEERING, AND TYRANNICAL. RED CHINA’S MAO TSE-TUNG RULED OVER CHINA AS A DICTATOR AND THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA INHERITED HIS LEGACY.
Red China is autocratic, domineering, and tyrannical for she exercises power suppressing the views of other nations. Her actions are arbitrary, unreasoned, and unpredictable. Red China uses power or authority in accord only with her own will or desire. Red China’s Communist Party is a dictatorial regime that created territorial disputes with Tibet and all other regional neighbors to dominate them with her superior military power.
RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – DICTATORIAL REGIME: RED CHINA IS AUTOCRATIC, DOMINEERING, AND TYRANNICAL. RED CHINA’S MAO TSE-TUNG RULED OVER CHINA AS A DICTATOR AND THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA INHERITED HIS LEGACY.
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HERE’S THE LATEST ON THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ISSUE
The Philippines has confirmed that it will meet the United States’ appeals to resolve the South China Sea dispute. Following a regional security conference organized at Kuala Lampur, Albert del Rosario, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, stated that, “As a means of de-escalating tensions in the region, the Philippines fully supports and will pro-actively promote the call of the United States on the ‘three halts’- a halt in reclamation, halt in construction and a halt in aggressive actions that could further heighten tensions.”
RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – DICTATORIAL REGIME. RED CHINA CREATED TERRITORIAL DISPUTES WITH ALL OF HER REGIONAL NEIGHBORS FOR SHE IS EVIL POWER.
The Foreign Affairs Secretary was quick to add that the Philippines would only observe these commitments if other claimants in the South China Sea dispute, including China, agree to do the same.
The South China Sea Issue
The South China Sea issue is one of the most compelling examples of maritime geopolitical disputes in the modern-day, with several nation-states laying claim over the sea. The claimants include Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.
The Spratly Islands – at the heart of the dispute, are a collection of 750 islands, reefs, cays and atolls in the South China Sea. The region is rich in extensive natural gas and oil reserves and is recognized for the fishing opportunities it offers. The islands enjoy a strategic location in Northeast Asia’s most prominent maritime commerce routes; the waterway facilitates international sea-borne trade worth $5 trillion every year.
It is widely acknowledged that authority over the islands will allow the controlling party unprecedented clout over any and all maritime activity in the region. As such, whoever controls the South China Sea will enjoy a monopoly over resources, commerce, military influence and geopolitical power in the region.
Tensions came to a head in 2014 when China began construction artificial islands in the sea. China has staked a claim over 3000 acres in the region, over the course of the last one-and-a-half years. The figure far outstrips the comparatively paltry 100 acres that have been reclaimed by Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam spread over four decades.
U.S. Concerns Over South China Sea ‘Militarization’
The United States remains opposed to the South China Sea island building project over the threat it poses to peace and security in the region. The South China Sea has become a severely disputed region, with numerous claimants, and the United States is concerned that any move to further these declarations will escalate hostilities.
Even as the primary players continue to debate the economic and trade repercussions of China establishing control over the entire sea, Washington’s reservations are rooted along security and military lines. The construction of military structures on the islands creates a severe threat to stability in the region an issue that has become a priority matter ever since the proposed use of the South Johnson Reef as a Chinese air base has come to light. Both the United States and Japan have formally expressed reservations over the possibility of China establishing maritime monopoly in the region.
U.S. Calls For ‘Three Halts’
In a bid to stabilize the situation and prevent the militarization of what is primarily a political and diplomatic conflict as yet, the United States has called for all the disputants in the South China Sea issue to observe ‘three halts’:
The stoppage of building infrastructure and islands in the sea. A stop to repossessing and reoccupying different islands in the sea. Desisting from any provocative action that carries the potential to exacerbate the conflict.Washington is committed to helping all the involved actors contain the conflict and solve the same through diplomatic channels.
The Chinese Position
Beijing maintains that China’s activities in the South China Sea fall within the purview of the country’s sovereign territorial rights. Asked to comment on the issue in March 2015, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said, “China’s normal construction activities on our own islands and in our own waters are lawful, reasonable and justifiable”. In the months since, China has offered greater insight into its actions in the region, claiming that the work on the islands was aimed at improving the livings conditions of those already inhabiting the islands. In a statement in April 2015, Ms. Chunying asserted that China has worked on the garrisons on the islands with a view to “Optimizing their functions, improving the living and working conditions of personnel stationed there, better safeguarding territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, as well as better performing China’s international responsibility and obligation in maritime search and rescue, disaster prevention and mitigation, marine science and research, meteorological observation, environmental protection, navigation safety, fishery production service and other areas.”
By way of these explanations, Beijing has sought to establish its historical claim to the islands, stressing the existence of its structures and properties in the region prior to the dispute becoming an international issue. Beijing has also emphasized its intention to use the islands for public benefit, advancement and security.
In the time since, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking at the recent bilateral talks, has shared that the general situation in the region is stable and that China is ready to work with all the concerned parties vis-a-vis regional peace and stability. Wang has asked that the dispute be resolved peacefully through negotiations and consultations.
International Law And Island Building
Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), countries must abide by the maritime jurisdiction awarded to them as per international law and recognise the rights of other countries over their portions of the world’s oceans. As such, countries cannot lay claims to the islands, marine life, natural resources and trade activities in the waters belonging to another country. The convention also stipulates that submerged entities that cannot sustain human habitation or economic activities will not be recognized as exclusive economic zones. This means that even if China were to establish its claim on the Spratly Islands,it would still control only 12 nautical miles of territorial waters without any exclusive economic privileges over at the same.
Other states in the region have recognized a catch in the aforementioned law: if any of the submerged entities are converted into islands capable of and characterized by human habitation, the UNCLOS stipulations would cease to apply. This realization has served as the primary driving force for the other states’ opposition to China’s construction of manmade islands on submerged bodies in the South China Sea.
The Chinese constructions are also in direct violation of the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea. As per the treaty, the signees are to desist from engaging in any actions that carry the potential to escalate tensions amongst them. The agreement parties, of which China is one, have also vowed to refrain.
About the author
Brinda Banerjee is a researcher working on security, armed conflict and military policies.
BRINDA BANERJEE
Brinda Banerjee is a researcher working on security, armed conflict and military policies. She holds a Bachelor’s in Journalism (with Honors), a Master’s in Peace and Conflict Studies and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in state responses to internal conflict. Brinda writes extensively about current events, conflict resolution and geopolitical dynamics in the modern world.
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Red Dragon – Red China – Real Evil Face: Cultural Genocide, and Ecocide, deliberate destruction of Tibet’s delicate Ecological Systems.
I am fully aware of Red China’s darkest side and I have seen her real ‘evil’ face, the face that had driven thousands of innocent Tibetans to seek protection in India and to live in exile.
Red Dragon – Red China – Real Evil Face: Cultural Genocide, and Ecocide, deliberate destruction of Tibet’s delicate Ecological Systems.
MELTDOWN IN TIBET
BY T R RAMACHANDRAN August 09, 2015
Red Dragon – Red China – Real Evil Face: Cultural Genocide, and Ecocide, deliberate destruction of Tibet’s delicate Ecological Systems.
In Meltdown in Tibet, Michael Buckley turns the spotlight on the darkest side of China’s emergence as a global super power.
Canadian adventure travel writer and environmentalist Michael Buckley has blown the lid of China’s ecocide of the fragile, high altitude environment of Tibet. The scenario is frightening which can severely impact the Indian subcontinent and countries in Southeast Asia. Even the Spiritual head of the Tibetans, His Holiness the Dalai Lama is deeply concerned. He drew pointed attention to this book and observed it “should be part of a wake-up call to the international community and China to seriously assess the ecological and environmental conditions on the Tibetan plateau and take remedial measures before it is too late”. The author warns that the Himalayan snow caps are in meltdown mode due to climate change accelerated by a rain of black soot from massive burning of coal and other fuels in both China and India.
Tibetans have experienced waves of genocide since the 1950s. Now they are facing ecocide with the reckless destruction of their fragile, high altitude environment. It is widely believed there is urgent need for an International Law to protect downstream nations — something the United Nations agreed a decade ago but has never acted on it. The health of all the rivers in Tibet are of vital concern to all the nations of Asia. Bhutan is light years ahead of its Asian neighbours in its environmental vision. The quixotic nation has become the environmental innovator of Asia. The mighty rivers of Tibet are being dammed extensively by Chinese engineering consortiums for the mainland’s thrust for power. The land is being relentlessly mined to feed China’s industrial complex. Massive engineering projects are diverting water from Tibet’s abundant rivers to water starved regions of China. Simply put the global supply of fresh water is dwindling at an alarming rate. This will lead to major tension between nations over shared water resources. The rivers of Tibet are so important to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
The Tibetan plateau is the source of the major rivers of this vast region stretching all the way from the coast of China in the East to Pakistan in the West. Ninety per cent of the run off from Tibetan rivers flows downstream into China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Burma, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan. At the tail end of these same rivers lie the world’s largest deltas. One way or another close to two billion people rely on Tibet’s waters — for drinking, for agriculture, for fishing, for industry.
Red Dragon – Red China – Real Evil Face: Cultural Genocide, and Ecocide, deliberate destruction of Tibet’s delicate Ecological Systems. Author Michael Buckley with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Meltdown In Tibet
Michael Buckley
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Pages: 248; Price: Rs 499
Water not oil is becoming the world’s most important resource. Though we live in a planet covered by water, very little of it is accessible. More than 90 per cent is sea water which is too salty. Roughly two per cent of the water resources is locked in ice and snow. That leaves a paltry one per cent to supply drinking water, grow crops, run factories, cool power plants, and handle all the other roles that water plays. It is possible that half of the paltry one per cent is polluted or contaminated water, which is not usable. As non-renewable ground resource are used up, the global supply of water is dwindling at an alarming rate. This had the portends of leading to great tensions between nations over shared water resources. Tibet is often referred to as the “Third Pole” because it is the third largest source of water locked in ice and snow.
It is unique in the world as a mass provider of water via rivers to a dozen countries downstream. It is the source of major headwaters for the rivers of Asia and the Himalayas, and additionally provides key tributaries or feeders for other major rivers such as the Ganges. There is no parallel to this situation anywhere in the world. Tibetan glaciers are melting rapidly, and its lakes are drying up. This plateau is under siege from climate change factors, but instead of seeking ways to minimise the impact of all this, China is aggravating the situation. Chinese hydro consortiums are blocking the flow of waters. Extensive mining is degrading the land with high potential of rivers being polluted downstream. The grasslands of Tibet are being encroached upon by desert. Ultimately this will become a global problem because there are no boundaries when it comes to environmental impact.
The massive clear cutting of forests in Tibet and expanding desertification of grasslands have severely impacted regional ecosystems and may influence extreme weather patterns in Asia. Tibet sits on the largest permafrost layer outside the North and the South Poles. “We have only one Tibet. There are no backups, no second chances. If the water resources of the Tibetan plateau should be blocked or diverted, or become polluted, then Asia will tumble into chaos. In his Preface to the book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama warned that pursuing economic development at the expense of the ecological balance will lead to drastic and unforseen consequences.
In the case of China, many environmental experts consider the economic accomplishments are already exerting a heavy environmental price. They bemoan the threat of China’s disappearing lakes, shrinking and increasingly polluted rivers and smog filled skies that will have long-term consequences for public health. The ability to breathe clean air and drink clean water is a human right. “But it is a right threatened by focussing only on economic development that pays inadequate attention to ecological well-being,” the Dalai Lama observed. His Holiness had no doubt that this is a wake up call to the international community and China to seriously assess ecological and environmental conditions on the Tibetan plateau and take remedial measures before it is too late.
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The mighty rivers of Tibet are being dammed extensively by Chinese engineering consortiums for the mainland’s thrust for power. The land is being relentlessly mined to feed China’s industrial complex. Massive engineering projects are diverting water from Tibet’s abundant rivers to water starved regions of China. Simply put the global supply of fresh water is dwindling at an alarming rate. This will lead to major tension between nations over shared water resources. The rivers of Tibet are so important to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
I describe Red China as the Evil One as there are two aspects of evildoer; a physical, and a spiritual aspect. Evil means wicked, cunning, deceitful, crafty, and it often involves deliberately misleading people using clever lies. To resist Red China’s aggression in South China Sea or West Philippine Sea, nations have to recognize cunning tricks used by Red China to give legitimacy to her own actions. Red China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi claimed on Wednesday that Red China has stopped land reclamation activity and added that the dispute will be resolved through dialogue. This is an example of a thoroughly misleading statement; on one hand Red China keeps her illegal constructions intact giving her military advantage while on the other hand she would not let her regional neighbors use any intervention other than that of dialogue. In other words, Red China – Jackal expects her neighbors to live peacefully tolerating her aggression that disregards their claims.
South China Sea dispute: John Kerry says US will not accept restrictions on movements in the sea
Updated August 07, 2015 08:09:26
Photo: US Secretary of State John Kerry says he is concerned about China’s movements in the South China Sea.(REUTERS: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/POOL)
US secretary of state John Kerry has accused China of not allowing freedom of navigation and overflight in the disputed South China Sea, despite giving assurances that such freedoms would not be impeded.
Addressing a regional meeting in Kuala Lumpur that has been dominated by the South China Sea issue, Mr Kerry said China’s construction of facilities for “military purposes” on man-made islands was raising tensions and risked “militarisation” by other claimant states.
“Freedom of navigation and overflight are among the essential pillars of international maritime law,” Mr Kerry told the East Asia Summit attended by foreign ministers from South-East Asia, China, Japan and other nations, including Australia.
“Despite assurances that these freedoms would be respected, we have seen warnings issued and restrictions attempted in recent months.
“Let me be clear: The United States will not accept restrictions on freedom of navigation and overflight, or other lawful uses of the sea.”
China has warned Philippine military aircraft away from the artificial islands in the Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea, Philippine military officials said.
The Chinese navy also issued eight warnings to the crew of a US P8-A Poseidon surveillance aircraft when it conducted overflights in the area in May, according to CNN, which had a reporter on board the US aircraft.
China claims most of the South China Sea, through which $US5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei also have overlapping claims.
The ASEAN group of South-East Asian nations said some members had “serious concerns” about land reclamation in the South China Sea, according to a draft of the final communique seen by Reuters.
The final communique will be issued at the end of their separate talks in Kuala Lumpur this week.
Member states had wrangled hard before finally agreeing on the wording of the communique.
The communique is expected to say that South China Sea matters were extensively discussed.
It will also say that China and ASEAN countries would proceed to the “next stage” of consultations on a code of conduct that is intended to bind them to detailed rules of behaviour at sea.
Photo: A satellite image of a Chinese air base on an island in Fiery Cross Reef, in the South China Sea in June(Centre for Strategic and International Studies)
On Wednesday, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said Beijing had halted land reclamation in the South China Sea and that ASEAN and China shared a desire to resolve the thorny issue through dialogue.
Earlier in June, China said it would soon complete some of its reclamation in the Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea, while adding it would continue to build facilities on the man-made islands.
Mr Kerry said he hoped China had stopped island building, but that what was needed was an end to “militarisation”.
He added that Wang’s commitment to resolving the South China Sea issue had not been as “fulsome” as some had hoped.
“In my meeting with … Wang Yi, he indicated I think a different readiness of China to try to resolve some of this, though I think it was still not as fulsome as many of us would like to see,”
Mr Kerry told reporters.
“But it’s a beginning, and it may open up some opportunity for conversation on this in months ahead. We’ll have to wait and see.”
Vietnam, China, Malaysia have eyes on the prize
Explore the conflicting territorial claims in the South China Sea
cell-slides Rich in resources and traversed by a quarter of global shipping, the South China Sea is the stage for several territorial disputes that threaten to escalate tensions in the region.At the heart of these disputes are a series of barren islands in two groups – the Spratly Islands, off the coast of the Philippines, and the Paracel Islands, off the coasts of Vietnam and China. Both chains are essentially uninhabitable, but are claimed by no fewer than seven countries, eager to gain control of the vast oil and gas fields below them, as well as some of the region’s best fishing grounds.Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei have made claims to part of the Spratlys based on the internationally recognised Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), which extends 200 hundred nautical miles from a country’s coastline. Based on the EEZ, the Philippines has the strongest claim on the Spratlys and their resources, with its EEZ covering much of the area. However the lure of resources, and prospect of exerting greater control over shipping in the region, means that greater powers are contesting the Philippines’ claims. China has made extensive sovereignty claims on both the Spratlys and the Paracels to the north, based largely on historic claims outlined in a map from the middle part of the 20th Century known as the ‘Nine Dash Map’.Taiwan also makes claims based on the same map, as it was created by the nationalist Kuomintang government, which fled to Taiwan after the communists seized power in China. Vietnam also claims the Spratlys and the Paracels as sovereign territory, extending Vietnam’s EEZ across much of the region and bringing it into direct conflict with China.There have been deadly protests in Vietnam over China’s decision to build an oil rig off the Paracels.One Chinese worker in Vietnam was killed and a dozen injured in riots targeting Chinese and Taiwanese owned factories, prompting 3,000 Chinese nationals to flee the country. EEZ can only be imposed based on boundaries of inhabitable land, and this has prompted all the countries making claims on the region to station personnel, and in some cases build military bases out of the water, to bolster their claim.Building and protecting these structures has resulted in a series of stand-offs between countries in the region, each with the potential to escalate.China has been leading the charge with these installations, and has deployed vessels to the region to protect their interests. Chinese coast guard vessels have used a water cannon on Vietnamese vessels, as well as blockading an island where the Philippines has deployed military personnel.
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RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – HISTORY OF AGGRESSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Red China’s acts of aggression in West Philippine Sea or South China Sea have to be examined in the context of Red China’s aggression in Tibet. Red China occupied 965, 000 square miles of Tibetan territory which represents one-quarter of Red China’s landmass. United States has no choice other than that of confronting all aspects of Red China’s aggression.
Red China’s acts of aggression in West Philippine Sea or South China Sea have to be examined in the context of Red China’s aggression in Tibet. Red China occupied 965, 000 square miles of Tibetan territory which represents one-quarter of Red China’s landmass. United States has no choice other than that of confronting all aspects of Red China’s aggression.
TIBET’S MILITARY OCCUPATION – THE GREAT TIBET PROBLEM
Historically Tibet came under military conquests by Mongol China and Manchu China and yet retained its independent way of living without any problem. The Evil Red Empire formulated by Red China’s Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong unleashed a different kind of beast to rule over the lives of Tibetan people. During 1950s, both India and Tibet believed that the beast called ‘The Red Dragon’ can be appeased and treated her with patience, and tolerance seeking a peaceful resolution to the problem caused by Red China’s military invasion of Tibet in 1950. In 1959, Tibetans made an unsuccessful attempt to tame ‘The Red Dragon’ and their failure could be attributed to cunningness, craftiness of Red China which acts like a Jackal concealing her true intentions. Red China has become more confident over the years and thinks that there is no one besides her. Unlike in past, Tibet’s conquest by Red China has transformed Tibet into a colony from which China extracts all natural resources while maintaing a tight grip over the lives of people using her brute force. Red China developed road, rail, and air connections with Tibet to sustain its colonization denying Tibetans their natural rights to Freedom. I am expecting that Red China’s military grip over Tibet will slacken because of an unexpected strike that would bring The Red Dragon to her knees.
China is on an Airports and Infrastructure spree in Tibet
AUTHOR: CLAUDE APRI
AUGUST 4, 2015
Isn’t it strange that some of the most significant news are often missed in the cacophony of the ‘Breaking News’ channels?
On the same day, two game-changing pieces of information appeared in the Chinese media. Yet, they just looked innocuous.
The first one was about the 6th Tibet Work Forum. Was it held in Beijing or in the sea-resort of Beidaihe, where the top leaders escaped the unpleasant Beijing weather? I shall come back to it later.
The second information was the PLA/Civil integration for the management of the Lhasa airport; it has serious strategic implications for India, which is struggling to build some infrastructure in Arunachal and Ladakh.
Xinhua officially announced the vital airport integration to “strengthen aviation safety and combat support capabilities.”
A joint statement from the People Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and General Administration of Civil Aviation (CAAC) said that the integration will include joint maintenance of airport support facilities, joint flight safety support and joint airport management.
Interestingly, the Lhasa Gongkar Airport in Tibet will be the first of the two pilot airports to implement the PLA/civil ‘integration’ (with the Sunan Shuofang Airport in Wuxi in Jiangsu province). The job should be completed during the second half of 2015.
The PLAAF/CAAC circular further affirms that “all the civil-military airports will conduct strengthened integration next year.”
To flood the Tibetan plateau with millions of Chinese tourists, a good infrastructure is required. Airports and the railway line are the backbones of a booming tourism in Tibet. The same infrastructure could be crucial in case of conflict with India; integration of the airport management was therefore required.
Once the Lhasa Gonggar Airport, located about 62 kilometres from the Tibetan capital has its joint PLA/Civil management, the other airports on the plateau will follow.
A couple of years ago, Xinhua had announced that the airport in Chamdo (known as the Bangda Airport) was reopened after major repairs. Xinhua reported then: “The Bangda Airport, the world’s highest-altitude civilian airport currently in use, is expected to resume operations.” It had temporarily been closed to repair a 19-year-old runway.
Also strategically important is the Nyingtri Mainling Airport, situated just north of the McMahon Line, the border with India; it serves Bayi, the main PLA garrison in the Tibetan Autonomous Region.
Ngari Gunsa Airport already used by the PLA posted opposite the Indian troops in Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh, started its operations in 2010, becoming the fourth civil airport in Tibet after Lhasa, Nyingchi and Chamdo airports.
Shigatse, the second city in Tibet is served by the railway line since August last year but also has the Shigatse Peace Airport, called Shigatse Air Base.
It was solely for military use until 2010, when a 100 million US $ expansion was completed.
The 4,411-metre-high Kardze Daocheng Yading airport, built in Kardze in Sichuan province was put into operation in 2014 (a year earlier than planned!). The Sichuan authorities planned to bring one million tourists to the area by 2015. But as important as tourism, the airport facilitates the transportation of fresh troops from the Military Area Command in Chengdu to Kardze prefecture. Kardze has been one of the most restive areas on the Tibetan plateau. With one stone, two birds are killed: the Tibetan protesters can be ‘pacified’ in no time and the deluge of Chinese tourists brings hefty revenues.
Another airport has come up in the Nagchu Prefecture of Tibet. Completed in 2014, the Nagchu Airport is now the highest airport in the world at 4,436 m.
The Modi Sarkar is aware of all this, but while China speedily builds Tibet’s infrastructure (using the perfect excuse of having to cater for millions of Han tourists), India develops its border areas at snail’s pace, struggling to create a semblance of infrastructure. It is true that the terrain is far more difficult in the Indian side, but so are the bureaucratic hurdles.
In Arunachal for example, the process indeed needs perseverance and an unshakable will to change the tide. Despite the declared resolve from the present Government, it may take years for proper roads to reach the remotest districts of Arunachal Pradesh…and stop the Chinese ‘visits’.
It is not an easy challenge, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi has realised that the North-East cannot be developed from Delhi. In his latest monthly radio programme Maan ki Baat, he announced that he was “deputing Central Government officials to find solutions to problems being faced by the region”.
One of the decisions taken by the Union Government has been to modify the guidelines of the Border Area Development Programme drafted some 10 years ago. According to the new notification,
“The main objective of the BADP is to meet the special developmental needs and well being of the people living in remote and inaccessible areas situated near the international border and to saturate the border areas with the entire essential infrastructure …(with a) participatory approach.”
I mentioned another information released by Xinhua the same day about the 6th Tibet Work Forum, which decides the fate of Tibet (as well as Tibet’s southern neighbours) for the next 5/10 years
The opening of the Forum just took place in Beidaihe, the sea-resort where the Communist leadership retires during the hot summer.
Xinhua reported that top Chinese leaders have met “to discuss economic and social development in Tibet, and how to ensure the autonomous region achieves prolonged stability.”
The statement of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) further noted: “Safeguarding national unity and strengthening ethnic unity should be highlighted in work involving Tibet.” The so-called stability is undoubtedly foremost in the mind of the leadership. The statement added:
“Efforts should be made to unswervingly carry out the anti-separatism battle, promote the region’s economic and social development, safeguard and improve people’s welfare, and enhance exchanges and integration of different ethnic groups.”
The Politburo (or probably an extended Politburo) is said to have agreed that “strengthening Tibetan infrastructure, helping it foster competitive industries while ensuring environmental protection are the means to achieve marked improvement in living conditions and more social cohesion,” were the priorities for the restive region.
The PLA/Civil integration of the airports in Tibet will certainly help Beijing to ‘strengthen the infrastructure’ and consolidate its presence on the Plateau.
To give an example of the seriousness of the situation for India, it is enough to quote the case of Metok, the last Tibetan village before the Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra enters Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
China Tibet Online explains:
“The remoteness of the location, together with other reasons such as climate and geological condition, and economic development, led to the isolation of the region. Having no way linking it to the outside world until the end of 2013, Metok is the last county in China to have its road.”
Historically, this was a mythic place; only a very few intrepid pilgrims had visited the ‘hidden valley’. Now, Zhang Yuhui, an executive deputy director of Metok County affirmed that the income from tourism in Metok (which has 11,000 inhabitants only) has reached 1.6 billion US $, just in the matter of 2 years.
China Tibet Online says:
“Going to Metok had once been only the privilege of the ‘brave’ before the traffic was improved. After the opening of the road to Metok, self-driving travel became popular apart from hiking. Visitors from various places were attracted to this beautiful place.”
Can you believe that this tiny (though strategic valley) hosted 70,000 visitors in 2013, the first year the road was opened. It grew to 90,000 in 2014 and the Chinese government expects 130,000 visitors in 2015.
And this just a few kilometers north of the Indian border!
No other comment is required.
The Narendra Modi Sarkar has indeed to hurry up and undertake the development of the border on a war footing.
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RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – OCCUPIER OF TIBET: ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT PEOPLE OF ANCIENT TIBET HAD FACED THREATS OF FOREIGN CONQUESTS.
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