Trouble in Tibet – Military Occupation of Tibet is a Disaster
Whole Trouble – India conducts a military exercise with the occupier of Tibet and Kashmir. Special Frontier Force Defends Jammu and Kashmir
News reports indicate that India and China conducted a military exercise in Chushul- Moldo sector of eastern Ladakh province of Jammu and Kashmir to enhance military cooperation in the eventuality of a disaster in border areas.
In Military Science, the term ‘Strategy’ refers to planning and directing large-scale military operations, specifically of maneuvering forces into the most advantageous position prior to actual engagement with the Enemy. Military Science uses the term ‘Tactics’ to describe arranging and maneuvering military forces in action or before the Enemy, especially with reference to short-range objectives. The term ‘Tactical’ in Military usage refers to showing cleverness and skill in Tactics while military forces are in action. This joint military drill or exercise does not qualify to be called a tactical exercise.
Man may have no control over natural disasters like earthquakes. ‘Trouble in Tibet’ is a man-made disaster. To resolve this ‘Trouble’, the occupying military force causing ‘Trouble’ in Tibet needs eviction either by using force or by using negotiation or by a Heavenly Strike to uplift Tibet from the disaster called military occupation.
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GREATER KASHMIR Srinagar, Tuesday, 29 Rabi Al Thani, 1437 AH, 09 February 2016 CE
India, China hold military exercises in disputed Chushul
McMahon Line in Aksai Chin of Ladakh is the India-Tibet boundary recognized by India.
In September 2014, around 35 Chinese soldiers returned to Chumar in northeast Ladakh and were perched on a hillock claiming the area to be part of China while another 300 soldiers were maintaining presence close to LAC.
SHABIR IBN YUSUF LADAKH, Publish Date: Feb 8 2016 1:16AM | Updated Date: Feb 8 2016 1:16AM
Columns of Indian and Chinese soldiers held joint military exercise in Chushul Sector of Ladakh on Saturday. The area where joint exercises were held is disputed between the two countries and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and Indian soldiers have locked horns in the area several times.
The Chinese army had camped in Chumar and their helicopters were seen dropping food packets for the soldiers. In 2015, Chumar witnessed a major stand-off. In the same year in Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) China had objected to overhead bunkers erected by the Indian side.
In September 2014, around 35 Chinese soldiers returned to Chumar in northeast Ladakh and were perched on a hillock claiming the area to be part of China while another 300 soldiers were maintaining presence close to LAC.
Pertinently, Chushul is one of the four officially agreed BPM (Border Personnel Meeting) point between Indian Army and People’s Liberation Army of China for regular consultations and interactions.
Udhampur based Public Relations Officer Ministry of Defence Col S D Goswami said: “ The first Joint Tactical Exercise between border troops of both countries was conducted in the Chushul-Moldo area on Saturday,” he said. “This is a part of ongoing initiatives being taken by India and China to ensure greater interaction between troops stationed along the Line of Actual Control and thereby ensure peace & tranquility on the border.”
Goswami said that the exercise focused on actions to be coordinated to jointly tackle aspects of Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief. He said that Indian Army team of 30 soldiers was led by Colonel Ritesh Chandra Singh while the Chinese delegation of an equal compliment was led by Colonel Qu Yi. “ Lasting an entire day, the joint exercise was based on a situation of a national disaster occurring on the border and the subsequent coordination of rescue mission by joint teams of both countries,” he said.
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Tibetans believe that the Buddhist prayers printed on these flags whose colors represent the five elements, earth, fire, sky, water and air, are spread on wind.
For there is ‘Trouble in Tibet’, I need help from Five Elements of Nature; I send my prayers to Earth, Fire, Sky, Water, and Air with “LUNG-TA” or ‘Wind Horse’.
Tibetans believe that the Buddhist prayers printed on these flags whose colors represent the five elements, earth, fire, sky, water and air, are spread on wind.
The north Indian hill town of Dharmsala became the base of a Tibetan government-in-exile after their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama fled a Chinese military crackdown in Tibet in 1959
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TROUBLE IN TIBET – PROBLEM OF ESPIONAGE. DEATH OF DAPON/POLITICAL LEADER RATUK NGAWANG ON FEBRUARY 07, 2016 AT AGE 90 EXPOSES “INCONVENIENT TRUTH.”
For the United States, India, and Tibet, the problem of espionage is an ‘Inconvenient Truth’. Death of Political Leader Ratuk Ngawang on February 07, 2016 at age 90 again exposes the problem of espionage that overshadows ‘Trouble in Tibet’. For example, his death is reported in news media with a photo image (Ratu Ngawang & Gyalo Thondup) obtained by some unknown Chinese agent using hidden camera. The fact that Political Leader Ratuk Ngawang shared such photo images taken by hidden cameras with news media clearly establishes his collaboration with enemy agents or spies.
I worked with Political Leader Ratuk Ngawang from September 1971 to December 1974 while I served in Establishment No. 22. I lost my sense of respect for him on January 10, 1973. I was not a direct eye-witness, but on that day I learned about a disturbing incident at our Camp. I did not inquire about the precise date and time of that incident. It was about cremation of a Tibetan Buddhist monk who apparently died while he was in custody of Political Leader Ngawang. None of was serving in Establishment No. 22 at that time got a chance to see or speak to that Tibetan monk arrested by him. This monk worked in our Camp apparently performing simple, religious duties. Political Leader Ngawang was in charge of a secret, internal investigation to probe an incident that dates back to June 03, 1972 and he never shared his findings. He took several months and arrested this monk sometime before January 10, 1973. Political Leader Ngawang reported findings of his investigation after death of this arrested person. He did not request for autopsy to confirm the cause of prisoner’s death. He reported it as a natural event and immediately proceeded with cremation as per Tibetan tradition. No formal Court of Inquiry was appointed to ascertain the cause of death due to procedural reasons.
TROUBLE IN TIBET – PROBLEM OF ESPIONAGE. POLITICAL LEADER RATUK NGAWANG INTERVIEWED BY INDIAN JOURNALIST TO WHOM HE SUPPLIED PHOTOS CAPTURED BY HIDDEN CAMERAS.
Eventually, in 1976 Political Leader Ngawang prematurely retired from Service with his retirement income benefits. He received official pardon and lived his life in Samyeling Tibetan Colony Manjuka Tilla, Delhi. My suspicions about Political Leader Ngawang’s collaboration with enemy agents or spies got aroused when he shared several photo images(illegally obtained using hidden cameras) with Indian journalists who interviewed him for two different stories long after 1976. Indian newspapers published those photo images.
I recognize Ratuk Ngawang’s service in support of Freedom in Tibet but he could not live up to his commitment.
TROUBLE IN TIBET – PROBLEM OF ESPIONAGE. DAPON/POLITICAL LEADER RATUK NGAWANG OF ESTABLISHMENT 22 DIED ON FEBRUARY 07, 2016 AT AGE 90. HE SHARED THIS PHOTO IMAGE WITH INDIAN NEWS MEDIA. HE IS STANDING LEFT(IN UNIFORM) NEXT TO GYALO THONDUP, BROTHER OF HIS HOLINESS THE 14th DALAI LAMA. PHOTO ILLEGALLY TAKEN USING HIDDEN CAMERA AT CHAKRATA, INDIA.
Ratu with Gyalo Thondup at Chakrata/file(*Phayul.com may have to disclose name of the “OWNER” of this ‘FILE’ Photo.)
DHARAMSHALA, February 9: A former soldier in the Chushi Gangdruk and one of the founding members of the Special Frontier Force, an Indian paramilitary troop comprising of Tibetan recruits, have breathed his last on February 7, 2016 at his residence at the Samyeling Tibetan Colony in Majnuka Tilla, Delhi. Ratuk Ngawang was born in Kham Lithang in 1926. A close confidante of Adruk Gonpo Tashi, the businessman who founded the Tibetan resistance army in the guise of a business group, Ratuk Ngawang rose to the top of this resistance army. Ngawang was a part of the Chushi Gangdruk troops that accompanied the young Dalai Lama on his flight to India, one of his biggest contribution to the Tibetan people.
TROUBLE IN TIBET – PROBLEM OF ESPIONAGE. POLITICAL LEADER/DAPON RATUK NGAWANG DIES AT 90. PROBLEM OF CHINESE ESPIONAGE EXPOSED. HIS HOLINESS GAVE HIM OFFICIAL PARDON. HE WAS FORGIVEN BUT ‘INCONVENIENT TRUTH’ REMAINS.
Ratu Ngawang lay in rest, Family photo.
Ratu Ngawang was roped in by Gyalo Thondup to lead the Tibetan Special Frontier Force, which also came to be known as the 22, courtesy its first Inspector General Sujan Singh Uban who hailed from the 22 Mountain Regiment. Ratu Ngawang played a key role in recruitment of Tibetan youth into the newly created Tibetan regiment(**this is incorrect for recruits owed allegiance to Tibet and Tibet’s Supreme Ruler) which was a brainchild of Pandit Nehru and the CIA in tackling China. Ratu Ngawang led one of the three columns that set on foot into the marshy tracts of Chittagong in the 1971 Bangladesh war. The Tibetan participation in the 1971 war is a little known fact amongst Indian public as the Tibetans were not officially on the battlefield. Ratu Ngawang led the North Column(*** this is incorrect; Political Leader of North Column died in action, killed by enemy fire) while Pekar Thinlay and Gyato Thondup led the South Column and Central Column respectively. 51 Tibetan soldiers lost their lives in the war that gave birth to Bangladesh as a new country. “I have enrolled myself in the Special Frontier Force with an aim to fight the Chinese. I lured the new recruits by telling them that it was an opportunity to fight the Chinese. I was myself ready to die fighting the Chinese,” Ratu recalled telling his boss Sujan Singh Uban when he was asked about the possibility of the Tibetan soldiers joining the Bangladesh War in 1971, in an interview(**** This statement shows that he did not understand the purpose of joining the Bangladesh War. It gave men combat experience to prepare them for a future war to evict military occupier of Tibet). Reactions to the news of his death on social networking sites hail him as a true hero of Tibet. Ratu Ngawang la is survived by his wife Dechen Wangmo and four children. He was 90.
ILLEGAL PHOTO IMAGES TAKEN BY HIDDEN CAMERAS SUPPLIED TO INDIAN JOURNALISTS BY DAPON/POLITICAL LEADER RATUK NGAWANG AFTER HIS RETIREMENT IN 1976. THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER.
TROUBLE IN TIBET – PROBLEM OF ESPIONAGE. DAPON/POLITICAL LEADER WITH GYALO THONDUP, BROTHER OF DALAI LAMA. PHOTO APPARENTLY TAKEN IN 1971. PHOTOGRAPHED BY UNKNOWN CHINESE SPY WHO WORKED IN CHAKRATA .TROUBLE IN TIBET – PROBLEM OF ESPIONAGE. DAPON/POLITICAL LEADER RATUK NGAWANG SUPPLIED THIS ILLEGAL PHOTO IMAGE TAKEN BY CHINESE SPY TO INDIAN JOURNALIST. HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA WITH MAJOR GENERAL SUJAN SINGH UBAN ON JUNE 03, 1972.TROUBLE IN TIBET – PROBLEM OF ESPIONAGE. DAPON/POLITICAL LEADER RATUK NGAWANG ARRESTED A TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONK WHO CAPTURED THIS ILLEGAL PHOTO IMAGE ON JUNE 03, 1972. THAT TIBETAN PRISONER, SUSPECTED CHINESE SPY DIED MYSTERIOUSLY SOMETIME BEFORE JANUARY 10, 1973. DALAI LAMA WITH MAJOR GENERAL SUJAN SINGH UBAN.Ratu Ngawang (far left), former Dapon/Political Leader of Establishment 22, escorted the Dalai Lama (right) on his way to India in 1959. Seen here with Sujan Singh Uban (2nd from right), the first inspector-general of the regiment, in Chakrata, June 03, 1972. Photo taken by Chinese Spy.TROUBLE IN TIBET – PROBLEM OF ESPIONAGE. DAPON/POLITICAL LEADER RATUK NGAWANG SUPPLIED THIS ILLEGAL PHOTO IMAGE TAKEN BY CHINESE SPY TO INDIAN JOURNALIST AFTER HE RETIRED FROM SERVICE AT ESTABLISHMENT NO. 22.TROUBLE IN TIBET – PROBLEM OF ESPIONAGE. ILLEGAL PHOTO IMAGE TAKEN BY CHINESE SPY AT ESTABLISHMENT NO. 22. DAPON/POLITICAL LEADER RATUK NGAWANG HAD POSSESSION OF THIS IMAGE AND SUPPLIED IT TO A JOURNALIST.TROUBLE IN TIBET – PROBLEM OF ESPIONAGE. DAPON/POLITICAL LEADER RATUK NGAWANG SUPPLIED THIS PHOTO IMAGE AFTER HE RETIRED FROM SERVICE AT ESTABLISHMENT NO. 22. THIS IMAGE WAS NOT INTENDED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE.TROUBLE IN TIBET – PROBLEM OF ESPIONAGE. DAPON/POLITICAL LEADER RATUK NGAWANG SUPPLIED THIS PHOTO IMAGE AFTER HE RETIRED FROM SERVICE AT ESTABLISHMENT NO. 22. THIS IMAGE WAS NOT INTENDED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE.
Tibet is a fascinating place for a variety of reasons; the Land, the Climate, the People, the Culture, its religion, its traditions to name a few. But, there is this ‘Trouble’ in Tibet. I am not opposed to the idea of tourism that can bring people together. To bring people together, Tibet needs Freedom from Occupation. Tibet Tourism will be meaningful if it helps to emancipate Tibetans from tyranny. I thank Ms. Elissa Garay, Cruise Critic Contributor for her thoughtful review.
The Great Trouble posed by Tibet Tourism: The Chinese national flag is raised during a ceremony marking the 96th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, July 1, 2017. CNS/He Penglei via REUTERS/Files
Tibet Cruise Tour Tips
Dreams of touring to Tibet’s snow-capped peaks and Buddhist temples might not instinctively point you in the direction of a river cruise line, but you’d be remiss to overlook this exceptional possibility. Most river cruise companies with a presence in China combine their Yangtze River sailings (known for the scenic landscapes of the Three Gorges region and the engineering marvel that is the Three Gorges Dam) with land-based “cruisetour” extensions further into China, with visits to Beijing, Xian and Shanghai the norm. On some exceptional itineraries, Tibet tours are available too.
Mythical Lhasa (elevation 11,975′) is the main entry point and introduction to Tibet for most travelers, and well worthy of the three days’ exploration that most cruise line tours allot here.
Despite the ongoing rush to modernization and disillusioning effects of some six decades of Chinese occupation (a politically sensitive topic), Tibet remains an intrinsically spiritual place, filled with Tibetan Buddhist shrines, symbols and devotees. That mysticism is met by awe-inspiring mountain scenery and the wonderfully humble and friendly Tibetan people, many of whom spend their lives devoted to the accumulation of good karma, and have clearly made great strides to hold onto their cultural identity in the face of great hardships.
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Best Time for Tibet Cruise tours
The main Yangtze cruise season runs from April through October, which corresponds to the scheduled offerings for Tibet cruisetours, too. While the weather along the river is most comfortable — cooler and dryer, that is — in spring and autumn (April-May; September-October), the higher elevations of the Tibetan Himalayan region are most welcoming during the warmer summer months, from June through August (even if there might be some light rain showers).
Tibet Cruise tour Lines
Viking River Cruises is one of the largest inbound tour operators to Tibet, and is joined by a handful of other companies that tout Tibet cruisetour itineraries, too, including Uniworld, Avalon Waterways, Abercrombie & Kent and G Adventures.
Tibet Cruise tour Itineraries
Tibet cruise tours run 13 to 16 nights in duration, with land-based segments of the trip in Beijing, Shanghai, Xian and sometimes Chengdu, as well as a visit to Lhasa that typically takes up three or four days of the journey. Anticipate this to include a three- to five-night sailing on the Yangtze, as well. Meals, hotels, cruise, guide services and intra-China transport are typically included in the rates.
With the exception of G Adventures, all Tibet cruisetours listed here include a hotel stay at the five-star, 2014-debuted Shangri-La Hotel Lhasa, set within walking distance of the Potala Palace. The 289 spacious rooms offer a sense of place with soothing earth tones, Tibetan design accents and majestic mountain views. A spa, pool and gym round out the offerings, though at nearly 12,000 feet above sea level, you’ll most likely be spending your time in their dedicated “oxygen lounge.” On other tours, Viking also uses the upscale St. Regis Lhasa Resort for lodging, while G Adventures books its guests at the reliable, three-star Dhood Gu Hotel.
Tibet Cruise tour Highlights
For more on Yangtze River cruisetour port highlights beyond Tibet, see Yangtze River Cruise Tips. For the Lhasa portion of the trip, itineraries vary slightly, but you can generally expect the following guided excursions as the core offerings:
Potala Palace: A sight to behold, both inside and out, this monumental red-and-white hilltop palace welcomes visitors to wander through the 1,000-plus-room former winter residence of Tibet’s long line of Dalai Lamas. The current version dates to the 17th-century, though the site’s significance dates back a millennium further still. Visit the living quarters here of past Dalai Lamas, the spiritual and political leaders of Tibet, who are believed to be reincarnated manifestations of an enlightened bodhisattva (unfortunately, the current Dalai Lama has lived in exile in Dharamsala, India, since 1959). Find, too, a series of sacred shrines and chapels, with impressive imagery and statuary, as well as the astonishing, towering gilded stupa tombs that contain the mummified remains of Tibet’s previous Dalai Lamas.
Jokhang Temple: The holiest temple within Tibetan Buddhism, and a popular place of pilgrimage, this nearly 1,400-year-old temple comes filled with shoulder-to-shoulder devotees and a palpable sense of faith. Join pilgrims as they venerate religious images and ancient statues (including the highly revered Jowo Rinpoche statue of a youthful Buddha), the air thick with incense and the glow of yak-butter lamps. Don’t miss the inspiring rooftop views over Lhasa and the surrounding mountain ranges.
The Barkhor: Circling the exterior of the Jokhang Temple, this ancient pathway marks a sacred kora for Tibetan pilgrims, as they circumambulate the temple in procession, filling the street with a sense of wondrous devotion. The scene is ethereal and animated (people-watching doesn’t get much better than this), as the faithful prostrate, spin prayer wheels and chant en route. Lining the pedestrianized path, too, are a series of stalls selling bargain-ready wares: prayer flags and beads, handmade jewelry and more.
Sera Monastery: This 15th-century Gelugpa mountainside monastery is the site of a trio of monastic colleges and home to about 500 monks in training (though it once housed 5,000). Of special interest to visitors is the huge assembly hall, where just outside, on weekday afternoons, monks engage in spirited debates (complete with stomping and hand gestures) meant to test their level of study.
Tibet Museum: Overlook the Chinese propaganda (the history of Tibet is rewritten to glorify Chinese policies here), and you’ll be rewarded with close-up views of ancient Tibetan artifacts, as well as insight into local culture. Statues of Buddha, handicrafts, thangkas (paintings on cloth), musical instruments and more span Tibetan history, with certain objects dating as far back as Neolithic times.
Home Visit: Several itineraries (including Viking, Uniworld and Avalon’s) incorporate home visits to see how locals live. Our visit with Viking to a traditional Lhasa dwelling included samplings of traditional yak-butter tea (an acquired taste, for sure) and home-brewed barley beer, and a peek into the family’s elaborate home shrine (apparently, the norm throughout the country).
Tibet Cruise tour Tips
There are a few special considerations for travel to Tibet:
China occupies Tibet. China’s controversial claim to Tibet came to a head in 1959, when the Chinese occupation (or, so-called “liberation,” according to the Chinese) ultimately led to the loss of Tibetan sovereignty, the exile of the Dalai Lama to India and the country transforming into a special administrative region of China. Today, China claims Tibet as an “inalienable part of China,” and the ongoing encroachment of the Chinese is apparent in the sheer number of Han Chinese (the ethnic majority in China) who now live and work there. This ongoing political situation marks a painful and sensitive topic, and not one that Tibetans are permitted to speak freely about (our local guides had to divert guests’ questions several times); respect these restrictions, as guides and other local Tibetans can risk persecution and other repercussions from the Chinese authorities. You’ll no doubt notice the military presence, Chinese-led construction projects and distinct Chinese and Tibetan sections of the city; be sure to read up on the disturbing past rife with sad tales of genocide and cultural destruction. However, it’s worth noting that the Dalai Lama encourages tourism to the region, citing the importance for travelers to learn more about Tibet, its people and the reality of life on the ground there.
Tibet visitors need travel permits. Political sensitivities in the region have accordingly led to strict travel restrictions. Foreign travelers are prohibited from visiting Tibet independently and must arrange for travel through a guided group tour, like those on offer with these cruise lines; all necessary travel permits are typically arranged as part of the tour booking.
Beware of altitude sickness. While most itineraries afford three days on the ground in Lhasa, be forewarned that you’re more than likely to need the first day for acclimation (tour stops are usually scheduled accordingly on the second and third days). It’s a frustrating feeling to make the epic journey to Tibet and then be stuck in your hotel room, but for the first full day on the ground there, even the effort of walking from the bed to the bathroom may leave you winded and light-headed (about three-quarters of our tour group experience some form of altitude sickness, some more serious than others). Don’t underestimate your limitations in extreme elevations, and consider talking to your doctor about treatments (like Diamox) that might be right for you to help alleviate symptoms.
–By Elissa Garay, Cruise Critic contributor
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Tibet Consciousness – United We Stand, Divided We Fall
The False Panchen Lama Ordains Monks in Tashi Lhunpo Monastery—for the Communist Party.
Red China is using religion as a political weapon to disrupt Tibetan Unity and to deliberately weaken Tibetan Solidarity. Red China apart from her military power, is using her economic power to tear apart Tibetan community by pitching followers of one group or sect against another Buddhist group or entity. This policy of ‘Divide and Rule’ is a strategy that is successfully used by Imperial Powers and Colonialist rulers to subjugate native population of countries they occupy, dominate, and exploit to accomplish their selfish goals.
November 4, 2023, corresponding to the twenty-second day of the ninth month in the Tibetan calendar, was the day of the Lhabab Düchen festival. It celebrates the descent of Buddha back to earth from heaven, where he had ascended at age 41 to impart teachings to the gods and liberate his mother from Samsara. The false Panchen Lama selected this sacred day to ordain, for the first time, 28 monks in the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Shigatse. The monastery is the traditional seat of the Panchen Lamas, which he unlawfully occupies.
THE POLITICS OF TIBET’S POISONOUS RELIGIOUS DIVIDE
By Reuters Staff December 23, 2015
Tibetan Buddhist monks attend a Buddhism gathering overseen by Gyaltsen Norbu, the 11th Panchen Lama, at the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, December 8, 2015. REUTERS/China Daily)
The doctrinal schism that the Chinese Communist Party is using to hound the Dalai Lama arose long ago in the internecine politics of his own school of Tibetan Buddhism. Dalai Lamas are drawn from the dominant Gelugpa School, one of the four major Buddhist traditions in Tibet.
When the 5th Dalai Lama united Tibet in the 17th Century, he made an effort to embrace the other schools to enhance political unity, according to the French Tibetologist Thierry Dodin. This move angered other senior members of the Gelugpa School who opposed sharing power and privilege. They united in a clique within their school around the worship of Dorje Shugden, then a little-known “protector deity.”
Over the centuries, Shugden devotees came to dominate the Gelugpa School and the religious politics of Tibet. After the Communists came to power in 1949, Shugden practitioners became influential in the exiled Tibetan communities in India and Nepal. At first, they were hostile to Beijing, particularly after Tibetan monasteries and cultural relics were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.
That changed with the current Dalai Lama, 14th in the line. He too had been educated under senior Shugden monks. But from the mid-1970s, he began to shape a more inclusive doctrine. In part, this was a political move aimed at unifying the different traditions in Tibetan Buddhism in the face of pressure from Beijing, according to Dodin and other Tibet scholars. During a period of reflection, the Dalai Lama began to question the value of Shugden worship on the grounds it was harmful. In 1996, he publicly advised his followers to shun the practice.
Since then, scholars say, there has been a gradual shift towards Beijing by the Shugden movement – a move that accelerated in the past decade. China is careful to avoid obvious public references to its Shugden strategy. But on the ground, evidence abounds that Beijing has thrown its weight behind Shugden devotees.
GENEROUS FUNDING
Chinese authorities have poured funds into rebuilding and maintaining Shugden monasteries in the Tibet Autonomous Region and surrounding provinces. Reports in the state-run media show that China has financed extensive restoration at the Ganden Sumtseling Monastery in Yunnan Province and the Dungkar Monastery near Tibet’s frontier with India, both leading Shugden monasteries.
“There’s a massive drive to keep the remaining Shugden strongholds alive with a lot of support from the party,” said Dodin, director of the website TibetInfoNet. “This does not mean that others are left in decrepitude, but there is no such thing as a poor Shugden monastery.”
Buddhists who openly follow the Dalai Lama’s teachings face persecution by Chinese authorities, according to human rights groups and exiled Tibetans. It is now a criminal offence to discourage Shugden worship, they say.
Beijing also allows Shugden monks to travel overseas to teach and study with foreign Buddhists and exiled Tibetans.
In December 2012, Beijing sponsored the visit to Switzerland of Lama Jampa Ngodup Wangchuk Rinpoche, the first Tibetan lama sent abroad by the government to teach, according to the website dorjeshugden.com, one of the websites that publish news and commentary about the sect.
“By officially nominating him to travel abroad to teach, this would mean that the Chinese government is openly encouraging the proliferation of Buddhism, China’s ancient heritage and Dorje Shudgen’s practice,” an article on the website said.
PROTECTIVE CUSTODY
Another clear signal of Beijing’s preference: Senior Shugden monks are central to China’s effort to educate the Panchen Lama, second only to the Dalai Lama in religious stature. In 1995, the Dalai Lama recognized a six-year-old Tibetan boy, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, as the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama. The boy and his family soon disappeared; Chinese authorities have said he is in protective custody. To sideline the Dalai Lama’s choice, Beijing then recognized another Tibetan boy, Gyaltsen Norbu, as Panchen Lama. This maneuver was crucial to Beijing’s plans to control Tibetan Buddhism, as the Panchen Lama plays a major role in recognizing reincarnations of the Dalai Lama, according to supporters of the Dalai Lama and experts on Tibetan Buddhism.
Many of the senior teachers responsible for educating Beijing’s hand-picked Panchen Lama are Shugden practitioners, according to experts on Tibetan Buddhism. Lama Gangchen, the most influential Shugden monk living abroad, has been photographed with this Panchen Lama as well.
President Xi Jinping in June met the party-approved Panchen Lama in Beijing. The monk told Xi he would “resolutely uphold the unity of the motherland and its people,” state television reported.
Chinese authorities have put aside their atheist convictions to insist they will vet the selection of the next Dalai Lama, according to official statements and reports in the state-run media. This is part of an effort to ensure that the future spiritual leader of the more than six million ethnic Tibetans in Tibet and bordering provinces are loyal to the Communist Party. In response, the Dalai Lama has suggested he may reincarnate outside China or, perhaps, not at all.
That idea drew an outraged response from Zhu Weiqun, the point man in Beijing’s efforts to neutralize the Dalai Lama. “The reincarnation of the Dalai Lama has to be endorsed by the central government, not by any other sides, including the Dalai Lama himself,” Zhu said, according to a March 11 report in the state-run Xinhua news agency.
Gyaltsen Norbu (top 4th L), the 11th Panchen Lama, arrives at a Buddhism gathering at the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, December 8, 2015. Picture taken December 8, 2015. REUTERS/China Daily/File Photo
The Problem of Red China – Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
THE PROBLEM OF RED CHINA – ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY. RED CHINA’S DICTATORIAL REGIME IS ENEMY OF LIBERTY, INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, HUMAN FREEDOM, PEACE, DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE
“Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This statement is entirely true of Red China’s Dictatorial Regime. Red China’s use of ‘Absolute Power’ is Enemy of Liberty, Individual Rights, Human Freedom, Peace, Democracy, and Justice. There is no ‘Goodwill’ for Red China’s tyranny. I am not surprised to note that Red China cannot understand the problem of Terror. I predict the downfall of this utterly corrupt regime which is subjugating Tibet without any moral authority.
THE WASHINGTON POST
A Chinese official said the Dalai Lama supports the Islamic State. Ridiculous — and telling.
By EMILY RAUHALA
The Problem of Red China – Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks at a peace conference in Bangalore, India. (AP/Aijaz Rahi)
It’s no secret that China’s leaders dislike the Dalai Lama. Over the years, Communist Party cadres have denounced the exiled spiritual leader as a “separatist,” a “splittist,” and a “wolf in monk’s robes.”
On Tuesday, the chairman of China’s top religious affairs committee, Zhu Weiqun, extended that war of words, telling a Chinese reporter that the Dalai Lama sympathized with the Islamic State.
“While the whole world has reached a preliminary consensus on fighting against IS and its cruel, violent behaviors, the Dalai Lama suggested listening, understanding and respecting them,” read an account of Zhu’s comments published by the Global Times, a Chinese newspaper known for its strident nationalism.
“This shows that the Dalai Lama, deep down, sympathizes or approves of ISIS.”
The interview came two days after the Dalai Lama told an Italian newspaper that dialogue was necessary to defeat extremists.
To tackle the Islamic State, “there has to be dialogue,” he told La Stampa on Monday, according to a report by the French news agency, Agence France Presse. “One has to listen, to understand, to have respect for the other person, regardless. There is no other way.” Zhu’s attempt to cast a call for dialogue as an endorsement of violence is telling — for two reasons.
First, it calls attention to the Chinese government’s ongoing effort to tarnish the Dalai Lama and, in so doing, try to nullify Tibetan demands for autonomy, religious freedom and human rights.
The Dalai Lama was born in what is today Qinghai province, moved to Lhasa as a child and, after a failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule, fled over the Himalayas to India, where he has lived in exile ever since.
In the late 1980s, he publicly abandoned the pursuit of Tibetan independence in favor of what he calls “the Middle Way.” The strategy, which is unpopular among some Tibetans, seeks greater autonomy within the People’s Republic of China, not a new state.
But the central government insists the Dalai Lama is a determined separatist who works to divide China from abroad. They blame him — not economic, religious and cultural discrimination — for the riots that swept across the plateau in 2008, as well as more than 140 Tibetan self-immolations since 2009.
Indeed, in his interview with Global Times, Zhu reportedly said the Dalai Lama “incited” Tibetans to burn themselves to death. He called this “a form of violent extremism,” rhetorically linking public suicides in Tibetan areas to acts of terrorism committed by the Islamic State.
Second, and in a similar vein, Zhu’s comments come amid a post-Paris push to tie what is happening in China’s west to a global war on terror.
In the aftermath of the deadly attacks in Paris last month, China’s top leaders were quick to denounce the violence, but also used the moment to remind the world that, as Foreign Minister Wang Yi put it, China is “also a victim of terrorism.” There should be no “double standard” in how we think about terrorism, he said — a sentiment later echoed by Xi Jinping. The notion that the West dismisses China’s terror problem is popular here.
In 2014, attackers with knives slaughtered 29 people, and injured more than 100, in an attack at a train station in Kunming. Blocked from reporting at the scene, many foreign reporters avoided using the word “terrorism” or “terrorists” or did so quoting state media — a linguistic hedge that outraged many Chinese. The same sentiment proved salient after Paris. “In their eyes, only terrorist attacks that happen on Western soil can be called acts of terrorism,” read a China Daily editorial.
The challenge for those researching or writing about mass violence in China is that the word terrorism — tough to define in any context — is used in an extraordinary range of ways here. China’s top leaders have long warned against the “three evil forces”— terrorism, separatism and religious extremism — and use the words in almost interchangeable ways, observed Australian scholar James Leibold in a recent piece for the National Interest.
Acts of mass violence by Han Chinese are not treated as terrorism, he noted, but for Tibetan and Uighurs, a wide range of non-violent acts seem to count.
“The line between peaceful political activism and violent acts of terror is frequently blurred in China, as the sentencing of Uyghur scholar ILHAM TOHTI and the Tibetan monk TENZIN DELEK RINPOCHE on charges of terrorism and separatism suggests,” Leibold wrote.
“In Chinese discourse, terrorism is employed exclusively in reference to Tibetans and Uyghurs.”
That means that a Nobel Peace Prize winner like the Dalai Lama is an advocate, by Zhu’s count, of “forms of violent extremism.” And so is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Emily Rauhala is a China Correspondent for the Post. She was previously a Beijing-based correspondent for TIME, and an editor at the magazine’s Hong Kong office.
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Tibet Consciousness – Red China’s Dictatorial Regime
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – RED CHINA’S DICTATORIAL REGIME. RED CHINA’S COMMUNIST PARTY CHAIRMAN MAO ZEDONG FOUNDED CHINA’S DICTATORIAL REGIME ON OCTOBER 01, 1949. Red China’s Communist Party is a dictatorial regime for this one-party governance has absolute control of political, economic, and military power giving no room for any kind of dissent.
On this Thursday, December 10, 2015, World Human Rights Day, I state that Red China is autocratic, domineering, and tyrannical for she exercises power suppressing the views of all others. 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 for this one-party governance has absolute control of political, economic, and military power giving no room for any kind of dissent.
CHINA CRACKS DOWN ON AGGRIEVED PARTY CADRES IN XINJIANG AND TIBET
Critics say hardline stance against ‘separatism and religious extremism’ has provoked significant disquiet
Tibet Consciousness – Red China’s Dictatorial Regime.Red China’s Communist Party is a dictatorial regime for this one-party governance has absolute control of political, economic, and military power giving no room for any kind of dissent.
A paramilitary policeman stands guard in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters
SIMON DENYER for the Washington Post
Tuesday 8 December 2015 04.32 EST Last modified on Tuesday 8 December 2015 04.34 EST
China has mounted an extraordinary set of attacks against Communist party members in the troubled western regions of Xinjiang and Tibet, with accusations of disloyalty, secret participation in religious activity, sympathy with the Dalai Lama and even support for terrorism.
The accusations reflect a hardening of the party’s stance in Buddhist Tibet and Muslim-majority Xinjiang, experts said, as well as President Xi Jinping’s determination to push for ideological purity within the party nationwide, quashing debate and dissent. But critics say they also reflect the fact that the party’s hardline approach towards crushing “the three evils of separatism, terrorism and religious extremism” in both regions has not only alienated many ordinary ethnic Tibetan and Uighur people but has also provoked significant disquiet in its own ranks. Some party officials openly criticise policies handed down from above, complained Xu Hairong, secretary of Xinjiang’s Commission for Discipline Inspection, making the unusual admission in a commentary published last month.
“Some waver on clear-cut issues of opposing ethnic division and safeguarding ethnic and national unity, and even support participating in violent terrorist attacks,” Xu wrote in his agency’s official newspaper.
“This does not mean the cadres participated in attacks,” said Nicholas Bequelin, East Asia director for Amnesty International, “but rather is the equivalent of local officials saying: ‘The central authorities are sending leaders who are so ham-fisted they have driven people to the edge and understandably they have started blowing up things.’”
With Xi taking the lead in formulating policy toward Xinjiang, “everybody has to march to the same drumbeat”, Bequelin said.
An article published last Friday on China Tibet Online, a party website, said that 355 party members had been punished in Xinjiang last year for violating “political discipline”.
The article said that one had joined a social media chat group titled “Uighur Muslim” that was meant to undermine ethnic unity, while another had reposted an interview given by the prominent Uighur intellectual Ilham Tohti, who was sentenced last year to life in prison on charges of advocating separatism.
Written by Zhao Zhao, the article said that some officials blame social problems on ethnic discrimination, thereby inciting ethnic hatred. “There is also a lack of faith in Marxism. Some grassroots party members even participate in religious activities,” he wrote, adding that this would never be allowed.
Tibet Consciousness – Red China’s Dictatorial Regime.Red China’s Communist Party is a dictatorial regime for this one-party governance has absolute control of political, economic, and military power giving no room for any kind of dissent.
A street in Urumqi, in 2009, shows the scars of riots. Photograph: Peter Parks/Getty
Critics say there is widespread economic, cultural and religious discrimination against Uighurs and Tibetans. After 2009 riots in Xinjiang’s capital, Urumqi, left at least 192 people dead, the party acknowledged that it needed to address Uighur grievances, Bequelin said.
But later, with an increase in violent attacks by Uighurs, the party changed course, asserting at a major meeting on the region in 2014 that the priorities were stability and unity rather than economic development and combating discrimination.
The imprisonment of Tohti, a moderate economist whose work had detailed the problems Uighurs face, sent a strong signal to academics and party officials alike that the debate about discrimination had been closed, Bequelin said. The party now vehemently asserts that Uighur terrorism is directed by Islamist militants based abroad and is increasingly rooted in extremist ideas picked up on the internet.
At the same time, the Communist party has been recruiting, and the number of members in Xinjiang is reported to have risen by 21,000 to 1.45 million in 2014. And that has brought other problems.
“The Chinese Communist party believes that it is witnessing a ‘crisis of faith’ in Xinjiang and Tibet in particular,” said Julia Famularo, an international securities studies fellow at Yale University.
“It has actively endeavoured to draw ever greater numbers of ethnic minorities into the party, but it now fears that these new recruits possess only superficial loyalty to the party-state,” Famularo wrote in an email. “Beijing laments that these minority party members still make clandestine visits to mosques and monasteries, and that they still have stronger ties to their own people than to the party or to China.”
In Tibet, 15 party members were investigated last year and 20 this year for violating political discipline, China Tibet Online reported, saying that some had participated in organisations supporting “Tibetan independence”.
Last month, Tibet party boss Chen Quango said the party would go after officials who held “incorrect views” on minority issues or who “profess no religious belief but secretly believe,” including those who follow the Dalai Lama or listen to religious sermons.
China accuses the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, of trying to divide the country and pry Tibet away from China. The Dalai Lama insists he only wants meaningful autonomy for the region.
This article appeared in GUARDIAN WEEKLY, which incorporates material from the Washington Post
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Tibet Consciousness – Red China – Neocolonialist: MEGA DAM ACROSS YARLUNG TSANGPO OR BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER IN OCCUPIED TIBET.
Red China’s Hydroelectric Dam across Yarlung Tsangpo, Yarlung Zangbo or Brahmaputra River in Occupied Tibet is the evidence to establish Red China as a Neocolonialist. Neocolonialism is revival of colonialist exploitation by a foreign power of a nation that has achieved independence. Colonialism is the system or policy by which a country maintains foreign colonies especially in order to exploit them economically. Colonization refers to extension of political and economic control over a nation by an occupying state that has military and technological superiority. Imperialism gets translated into colonizing force. Red China occupied Tibet and is relentlessly oppressing Tibetans to exert pressure to assimilate Tibetans to Red China’s way of life.
China’s 9700 Crore Dam on Brahmaputra in Tibet is Now Working
All India Press Trust of India Updated: October 13, 2015.
TIBET CONSCIOUSNESS – RED CHINA – NEOCOLONIALIST – $ 1.5 BILLION( 9700 CRORE INDIAN RUPEES) DAM ON YARLUNG ZANGBO, YARLUNG TSANGPO OR BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER IN OCCUPIED TIBET.
India is concerned that if the waters are diverted, then projects on the Brahmaputra, especially in Arunachal Pradesh, get affected.
Beijing, China: China today operationalised the largest dam in Tibet, built on river Brahmaputra, raising concerns in India over the likelihood of disrupting water supplies.
The Zam Hydropower Station has been built at a cost of $1.5 billion (approximately Rs 9764 crores).
All six of the station’s units were incorporated into the power grid today, the China Gezhouba Group, a major hydropower contractor based in Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province in central China, told state-run Xinhua news agency.
Located in the Gyaca County, Shannan Prefecture, the Zam Hydropower Station also known as Zangmu Hydropower Station, harnesses the rich water resources of Brahmaputra – known in Tibet as Yarlung Zangbo River – a major river which flows through Tibet into India and later into Bangladesh.
The dam, considered to be the world’s highest-altitude hydropower station and the largest of its kind, will produce produces 2.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year.
“It will alleviate the electricity shortage in central Tibet and empower the development of the electricity-strapped region. It is also an important energy base in central Tibet,” the company said.
Officials said when the electricity is ample in the summer season, part of the electricity will be transmitted to the neighbouring Qinghai province, Xinhua report said.
The first unit began operations last November.
Reports in the past said besides Zangmu, China is reportedly building few more dams. China seeks to allay Indian fears saying that they are the run-of-the-river projects which were not designed to hold water.
The dams also raised concerns in India over China’s ability to release water in times of conflict which could pose serious risk of flooding.
An Indian Inter-Ministerial Expert Group (IMEG) on the Brahmaputra in 2013 said the dams were being built on the upper reaches and called for further monitoring considering their impact on the flow of waters to the lower reaches.
The IMEG noted that the three dams, Jiexu, Zangmu and Jiacha are within 25 kilometres of each other and are 550 kilometres from the Indian border.
India has been taking up the issue with China for the past few years.
Under the understanding reached in 2013, the Chinese side agreed to provide more flood data of Brahmaputra from May to October instead of June to October in the previous agreements river water agreements in 2008 and 2010.
India is concerned that if the waters are diverted, then projects on the Brahmaputra, particularly the Upper Siang and Lower Subansari projects in Arunachal Pradesh, may get affected.
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Tibet Consciousness – Red China’s actions in Tibet are illegal, unlawful, and despotic
US Congressional-Executive Committee on China (www.cecc.gov) released a 336-page report that describes Communist China’s oppressive, repressive, brutal rule over Tibet. Red China’s use of power is cruel and unjust. Red China uses authority to overpower, to subdue, to crush, and to trample down any sign of Tibetan resistance that may question the legality of Red China’s governance of Tibet. US Congress has to categorically acknowledge Red China as “Usurper” of power in Tibet. Red China has taken, has assumed, has seized, and is in possession of Tibet without right. Red China’s actions in Tibet are illegal, arbitrary, despotic, violent, and remain unlawful.
US CONGRESS: CHINA TODAY IS MORE REPRESSIVE AND MORE BRUTAL
Monday, 12 October 2015 23:02 Yeshe Choesang, Tibet Post International
Washington, DC — An annual report released this week by the US Congressional-Executive Committee on China (CECC) criticised Beijing’s treatment of ethnic minorities, and noted deteriorating conditions in Xinjiang and Tibet.
The 336-page said it saw “a disturbing deterioration in human rights and rule of law conditions that pose a direct challenge to US national interests and US-China relations”.
The US commission said China was moving further away from a rule of law system and had increased pressure on civil society.
The Commission said that Beijing persists with its repressive policies in Tibet, denying adequate rights to Tibetans from protecting their culture, language, religion, and environment.
The annual report stated that “authorities continued to rein in media, opinion-makers, and Internet and social media users critical of government policies by shutting down popular chat site accounts, requiring real-name registration of accounts, and blocking services that allow Internet users to circumvent China’s “Great Firewall.” Foreign journalists continued to report harassment, surveillance, and restrictions on the free flow of news and information.”
The report recommends “greater public expression, including at the highest levels of the U.S. government, on the issue of press and Internet freedom; the expanded distribution of proven technologies to circumvent Internet restrictions in China; and the inclusion of the freedom of cross-border information as part of negotiations for the U.S.-China Bilateral Investment Treaty or future trade negotiations with China.”
The US report also noted deteriorating conditions in ethnic minority areas, from increased violence in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to harsher security measures and efforts to control Tibetan Buddhism in the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region. In addition, as Tibetan self-immolations continued, the Commission observed no sign of Chinese interest in resuming the long-stalled dialogue with the Dalai Lama’s representatives.
The report concluded that the Chinese government can best promote stability by respecting ethnic minorities’ right to maintain their language and culture and to practice freely their religion and urged Chinese administration to address these issues at bilateral security dialogues and exchanges with Chinese military or police officials.
The report contains numerous other recommendations, including advocating the use of the Commission’s extensive Political Prisoner Database, with information on over 1,300 currently detained political and religious prisoners.
The report further recommended the US Congress and administration to urge the Chinese government to allow the free flow of information regarding incidents of violence in ethnic minority regions; allow journalists and international observers access to those areas in line with international standards; and ensure that U.S. counter-terrorism cooperation arrangements do not endorse the Chinese government’s suppression of its people.
Speaking at the release of the report, Representative Chris Smith, Chair of the Commission, said, “It has been another punishing year for human rights in China, as this report documents so well. President Xi has presided over an extraordinary assault on the rule of law and civil society using repressive and retrograde policies that threaten freedom advocates in China and challenge both U.S. interests and U.S.-China cooperation and goodwill.”
“U.S. leadership on human rights is needed now more than ever. We must not compromise on the need for fundamental freedoms or shy away from those who seek them. Clearly, our long-term strategic interests depend on the advance of human rights and the rule of law in China,” he added.
The report provides detailed analysis on 19 human rights and rule of law issues and offers specific recommendations on ways to make progress on these issues in the broader U.S.-China relationship. The full report can be accessed on the CECC’s website(www.cecc.gov).
I am pleased to share a photo image published by Jeff Dai that captured constellation Orion seen in Tibetan sky and its reflection simultaneously seen in waters of Tibet’s lake in Gyirong Valley. Freedom is a natural condition on Earth as it is in Sky. Occupation is a lie.
Tibet Awareness – Freedom is the Natural Condition of Tibetan Plateau
ORION OVER AND UNDER TIBET
Published by KLAUS SCHMIDT on Mon Oct 5, 2015 7:31 am via: NASA
This night was so serene you could see Orion rise downwards. The unusual spectacle was captured in this single-exposure image, featuring a deep sky around the famous constellation of Orion that appeared both above — and reflected in — a peaceful lake in the Gyirong Valley of Tibet, China. Taken last year at this time, the three belt stars of Orion can be seen lined up almost vertically above and below the Himalayan Mountains.
The complex Orion Nebula can be seen to the belt stars’ right, while the red-glowing circular structure surrounding Orion is Barnard’s Loop. Also, the bright red star Betelgeuse is doubly visible on the image left, while bright blue Rigel appears twice on the image right. Familiar Orion is becoming increasingly visible as Winter (Summer) descends on the Northern (Southern) hemisphere.
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