The recent Chinese incursion into India, the long stand-off, the fear and fury surrounding the brazen episode and the eventual resolution once again raises an old question : What about Tibet?
Indias security is directly linked to Tibet, as Lobsang Sangay, the prime minister of Tibets government-in-exile, told a Washington audience last week and he is right. When China says that Tibet is one of the core issues, all the more (reason) that India should say, Tibet is a core issue for India as well, said the eloquent bearer of Tibetans political hopes. He gently urged India to do more while profusely thanking it for its hospitality over the years.
Sangay must resurrect from the ashes of Indias Tibet policy whatever signs of life he can because he cant stop fighting. As he once said the Tibetans are genetically disposed to dealing with China having done it for 2,000 years. But for Indians, China is relatively new, especially the new China, one that is flexing its considerable muscle all around, scaring its near and far neighbors into various combinations of confabulations.
Tibetans have every reason to believe that China wants Tibet but not the Tibetan people, says Sangay. Otherwise, why wouldnt China apply the Hong Kong and Macao model of one country, two systems and give Tibetans the power to make decisions about being Tibetans, retain their culture and language. But what they get are Chinese crackdowns, most recently in 2008. China even tried to affect Sangays election by leaning on Nepal to prevent ballots of Tibetan exiles to be delivered to India for counting.
Contrast that with India holding regular local and state elections in Arunachal, Mizoram, Manipur and Jammu & Kashmir despite the much-hated Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Indias moral case over contested areas is stronger today because the people have a voice.
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Time for a new stance on Tibet - Central Tibetan Administration
Indias security is directly linked to Tibet, as Lobsang Sangay, the prime minister of Tibets government-in-exile, told a Washington audience last week and he is right. When China says that Tibet is one of the core issues, all the more (reason) that India should say, Tibet is a core issue for India as well, said the eloquent bearer of Tibetans political hopes. He gently urged India to do more while profusely thanking it for its hospitality over the years.
Sangay must resurrect from the ashes of Indias Tibet policy whatever signs of life he can because he cant stop fighting. As he once said the Tibetans are genetically disposed to dealing with China having done it for 2,000 years. But for Indians, China is relatively new, especially the new China, one that is flexing its considerable muscle all around, scaring its near and far neighbors into various combinations of confabulations.
Tibetans have every reason to believe that China wants Tibet but not the Tibetan people, says Sangay. Otherwise, why wouldnt China apply the Hong Kong and Macao model of one country, two systems and give Tibetans the power to make decisions about being Tibetans, retain their culture and language. But what they get are Chinese crackdowns, most recently in 2008. China even tried to affect Sangays election by leaning on Nepal to prevent ballots of Tibetan exiles to be delivered to India for counting.
Contrast that with India holding regular local and state elections in Arunachal, Mizoram, Manipur and Jammu & Kashmir despite the much-hated Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Indias moral case over contested areas is stronger today because the people have a voice.
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Time for a new stance on Tibet - Central Tibetan Administration
