A: In November 1956, the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama were invited to participate
in the 2,500th anniversary of Sakyamuni's nirvana in India. During their visit
to India, certain Tibetan separatists who had exiled themselves abroad immediately
beleaguered the Dalai Lama. Instigated by imperialism and foreign forces, they
plotted for "Tibet independence." After 1957, the Dalai Lama and separatists
in the upper classes of Tibet agreed on their common support in an armed rebellion
from one area to the whole Tibet region.
In 1959 Dalai tore up the Agreement
of the Central People's government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures
for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet, launched an armed rebellion, and fled to
India, continuing to conduct activities aimed at splitting the motherland and
advocating "Tibet independence." The clique sent their members to mix
with the Tibetans who returned to China to visit relatives or travel, distributing
leaflets advocating separatism, agitating the masses, and building up separatist
forces.
In the early 1960s, with the help of certain Western countries, the
Dalai Clique established the so-called "government-in-exile" in India.
In September 1987, while he was visiting the United States, the Dalai Lama put
forward a "five-point proposal" regarding the status of Tibet. He continued
to advocate "Tibetan independence" through radio broadcasts and other
channels, and instigate and plot a number of riots in Lhasa. for instance, in
the riots in September and October of 1987 and March of 198, separatists wounded
several hundred policemen who were maintaining order, and damaged dozens of motor
vehicles.
On October 18, 1987, the Dalai Lama admitted, in an interview with
a French journalist, that the riots in Lhasa had something to do with his activities
in the United States.
During the more than 40 years in exile abroad, the Dalai
Lama and his followers have not ceased their illegal separatist activities, despite
the fact that Tibet has been a part of Chinese territory since ancient times. |
