Recieved from the Norwegian Tibet Committee, this article was first released today by Associated Press. It has been edited for publication here by HRH F / Niels Jacob Harbitz. Photo of Dalai Lama : HRH F / Niels Jacob Harbitz.
“China currently has very little trust in its ethnic Tibetan cadres and Tibet Party Secretary Zhang Qingli recently criticized them again for not being firm enough in the campaign to ´Expose and criticize the Dalai Lama,´” it said, without giving details.
-We have ruled Tibet for centuries, says the People´s Republic of China
The group said the People´s Republic of China is beefing up numbers of non-ethnic Tibetan government personnel by appointing 853 volunteers from 17 Chinese provinces and cities to act as government cadres for three years. Government promises of bonuses and generous stipends for living expenses helped attract more than 10,000 volunteers, it said. The telephone of Tibet´s government office in the capital of Lhasa rang unanswered Friday. the People´s Republic of China says it has ruled Tibet for centuries, although many Tibetans say their homeland was essentially an independent state for most of that time.
Tibetans concerned over influx of Chinese Han majority
Chinese communist troops occupied Tibet in 1951 and Beijing continues to rule the region with a heavy hand. Beijing enforces strict controls on religious institutions and routinely vilifies the 71-year-old Dalai Lama, who fled to India in 1959 amid an aborted uprising against Chinese rule. Tibetans are especially concerned that an influx of China´s Han majority, which has grown since a new railroad linked Beijing to Tibet´s capital, Lhasa, will overwhelm the region´s unique Buddhist culture.
