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Abolition of Slavery in Tibet can’t be called violation of human rights
Tibetans wonder why Abraham Lincoln is celebrated for abolishing slavery in US in 1862, but China is faulted for the same Reform a century later in 1959 .
Wherever human rights are lacking, it is for the respective people to strive or fight for them. US has no business meddling everywhere.
Abolition of Slavery in Tibet led to better HDI as we can see below.
Tibetans who fled China in 1959 were basically the class of (relatively) wealthy slave-owners, and their retinue, in a most backward area.
Before 1959, as per the then law, slaves could be owned (like Oxen, and worked without pay), traded, beaten up or even killed at will by slave-owners.They lost their happy hunting ground in Tibet of old China, and fled along with a few hundred staff. 95 percent Tibetans were slaves and serfs in old Tibet, ruled by the Lamas, and serfdom was abolished by Communist China, the PRC. Dalai Lama’s family for instance had owned over 15 slaves.
Despite Tibet being one of the most backward areas in the world, with a difficult terrain and inhospitable climate, after liberation they are comfortable, far developed by socialist China.
Out of an estimated 6.5 million Tibetan population, 6.3 million live within China.And they are better off, living happily : .
Today GDP per capita of Tibet is around $7000, compared to India’s 2200, and Maharashtra’s 2900, Gujarat’s 2800, the two being India’s toppers.
Hospital Beds per 1000 population, of interest now in Covid times, in Tibet are 2.3, compared to India’s 0.53, US 2.77, China 4.05. India aspires to have 2 beds in coming few years. Comparative performances of US China and India in tackling Covid-19 can be related to this data.
Average Life Expectancy in Tibet was 35 then, now 70, equal or slightly better than that of developed Delhi and Gujarat. HDI score for Tibet (0.585) is comparable TO UP (0.596) and Bihar (0.585). It has a double digit growth rate for 25 years in a row.
Tibet, with a Tibetan population of 6.3 million, has over 1700 religious sites, 46000 resident monks and nuns; millions visit Lhasa to visit and worship Buddha. Norbulingka, UNESCO World Heritage Palace in Tibet completed a survey of 13700 ancient books a year ago.
Tibet has over 80 air routes and 2.7 million tourists, 50 % up over previous year; it included 40000 foreigners, Jan to April (2018 May) report. Foreigners need a permit to visit remote areas and mountains.
Such development of a backward Tibet can not take place in an environment of oppression.
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Class nature of anti–China forces cultivated by the US
Whose aspirations are represented by USA and CTA? The class nature of anti-China forces cultivated by the US needs to be understood. It is not a question of human rights or religious rights as projected by USA, the Devil that led an anti-Muslim Crusade , killed millions, stifled freedoms, violated privacy. It is imperialism serving its billionaires and part of a new Cold War that fuels its War Business.
The slave-owners class fled with hundreds of kilograms of gold, as per contemporary accounts. Dalai Lama’s family had “owned” more than 15 slaves. Taiwan is likewise the den of the old exploiting classes, compradors of imperialism, who fled China after liberation. They were represented by KMT trounced by PLA. US has been protecting them with a nuclear umbrella.
Tibet being crushed by China is a myth. Tibetan population of 6.3 million have autonomy, surely more than any state in India, including those in North-east and in ST areas. Around two lakh Tibetans,around 3 percent of Tibetans, are outside China.In old Tibet, less than 5 percent were wealthy, lived as slave owners. It was they who fled China in 1959.
US and its servitors misrepresent Tibet as an oppressed and closed society, which is false.
Elected leaders to various bodies in Tibet (TAR) comprise of 92 % ethnic Tibetans and minorities.
Tibet is well represented in NPC, China’s parliament. A Tibetan delegation of NPC , led by Nyima Cering, a leader of TAR, visited EU Parliament in Brussels, in October 2019, and explained “the regional ethnic autonomy system” practised in TAR. They explained issues including language, culture, inheritance, ecological protection etc. They visited France and Netherlands too.
Earlier in 2017 June , a similar Tibetan NPC delegation visited Japan for five days, and interacted with their counterparts, officials as well as experts. They explained how old Tibet with serfdom has been replaced, is being transformed into an “open,civilized and wealthy place.”
A EU Delegation of Ambassadors had visited Tibet in 2017 June, and discussed religion, education, human rights etc. A similar visit to TAR in 2013 included EU Special Representative of Human Rights, Stavros Lambridinis. (EU website eeas.europa.eu)
2019 March 6 had a media meet in Beijing, with 130 journalists, including from 48 overseas media outlets, for an open-door discussion of the Tibetan delegation to NPC (China parliament) meet.Questions on Tibet travel, education, language were discussed. Several US officials, and foreign journalists were travelling and reporting from Tibet at that time.
Hong Kong with about 87 billionaires, Israel with 128, Taiwan with 35 are similar enclaves of the rich. Each of them have strong lobbies in US, allied with imperialists. Their populations are less than half of population of Shanghai (2.7 crore) or Mumbai 2 crore plus. But they have so many billionaires. Comparable figures are: Japan 35, France 39. UK and Canada 45 each.
Hong Kong has its own share of elite classes, historically linked to Ango-American imperialism, and Japan. The huge GDP of Hong Kong of around $50,000 per capita, compared to 41000 of UK and Japan, 43000 of Israel shows it. It is around $ 25000 for Taiwan, compared to China’s 10000 plus, Russia’s 11000 plus, Brazil’s 8800, and India’s 2200.
US and imperialism in general have been fishing in troubled waters, banking mainly on these disgruntled classes to de-stabilize People’s China, PRC.
In Russia of 1917-24 period, it took the form of civil wars, backed by around 12 capitalist powers. In China these hostile forces are outside China. Those within China are mostly won over by a CPC policy of United Front, and by One Country-Two Systems Policy devised by Deng.
CTA and US have been manipulating basically those outside China. Tibetans inside China have little to do with the CTA or the monk, who has only a small following in TAR of China.
According to CTA website, after the Lama fled Tibet in 1959, 80,000 Tibetans sought refuge in India, Nepal and Bhutan. Currently, the exiles are over 140,000, including around one lakh in India.
Wikipedia data: Two lakh Tibetans live outside China: 1.2 lakh in India, the successors of those who fled Tibet in 1959; Then in other areas adjoining Tibet : 20 to 40 thousand in Nepal; 8000 in Pakistan; 5000 in Bhutan.
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Here is a “Buddhist” monk who ditched principles of both truth and non-violence:
He backed out of a 17 point agreement of 1951 he signed with Mao-led China, (in point 12 of which he agreed to sever relations with imperialists and its agent KMT); met Mao, acknowledged socialism as close to Buddha and became Vice President of China for a few years, after which he repudiated the same; was part of an armed insurgency, joined hands with the most aggressive superpower (USA) in that process, repudiated the 1951 Agreement , a condition laid down by US, winked at its killing millions across the Globe. He was personification of falsehood in this process, and bluffed that he was only a religious person even while he presided over a political CTA as a Head of State of Tibet, for decades, and even today he continues it post-retirement from formal office.
Funded by the US, the West, India and NGOs, this elaborate “Buddhist” monster is allowed to carry on from Indian soil for decades. Under Dalai Lama it went on for 60 years. The successor Sangay said a “sustainable Tibetan movement for the next 50 years would be a priority.”
Dalai Lama failed to realize goals he said are good for Tibetans till now. China today is many times stronger than it was decades ago, and CTA can not succeed now as indicated by the “50 years” slogan. Tibetans in the mainland China are on a path of progress, as admitted by the monk himself.
The “50 years” slogan is a only means, an alibi, for US and its agents in India to fish in troubled waters, in South Asia, whose goal is to harass PRC. India should not be allowed to be drawn into this hegemonic strategy of US.
India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity violated by Dalai Lama and his CTA
That is what is happening when a Government-in-exile (CTA) is allowed to operate from Indian soil for decades. See why and how:
India made lot of fuss on citizenship issue. But allows A Parallel Govt., led by a US citizen, on Indian Soil.
How is a foreign citizen is allowed to dabble in anti-China politics in India, hoist their flag, and work with foreign powers?
The CTA gets elected, has a President, leads a so-called Cabinet and Secretariat; Departments including Home, Finance, Education, Security, Education, Health, International Relations, Information and media, Religion and Culture; a parliament and judiciary; with a Constitution of 1991 later revised.
Dalai Lama presided over it for decades, followed by his successors, the latest being Lobsang Sangay, a citizen of USA.
“In 2011, the “political leadership”, says the CTA website, was devolved by Dalai Lama ( who was till then “the Head of the State of Tibet” ) to a directly elected cabinet. It was announced the Lama retired, rather he was retired.
It is a lie, uttered by the Lama, his camp and Indian state, to state that Dalai Lama was not engaged in politics, but was only a monk. Technically, its registration is otherwise.
Dalai Lama did not agree that Tawang and Arunachal are part of India for 50 years after he arrived as a refugee; they run a Govt. in Exile(CTA) from Dharamshala; it continued after he was formally retired and his successor Sangay hoisted a Tibet Flag in an area along LAC.
Taiwan also does not recognize McMahon Line and thus Arunachal as part of India, even today.
Dalai Lama in 60 years failed to achieve anything tangible for Tibetans, but served the strategy of the US and its junior partners, and did all they could to strain India China relations. Thus the dream of Asian Century is aborted even while a crisis-ridden US is enabled to push its America First Policy.
The CTA hoisted a Tibet flag in the areas along LAC that now witnessed a face-off with China. Tibet is part of China, and India accepts that officially for decades.
Is this to strengthen India’s sovereignty there?
It is a world created and sustained by US and West
Tibetans worldwide greet His Holiness the Dalai Lama on his 85th birthday, said a July 7 report from DHARAMSHALA, Phayul Newsdesk.οΎ It quoted CTA President etc. Who is he?
“Lobsang Sangay, the Sikyong or the ‘president’ of the CTA Tibetan government-in-exile, is a creation of the US” wrote M K Bhadrakumar, former Ambassador, and a specialist on related affairs, in an article. (October 15, 2019, Rediffnews)
Sangay (43), reportedly a US citizen, the political successor to the Dalai Lama, was sworn-in as PM of CTA in August 2011, reported PTI. (indiatvnews.com August 08, 2011).
Sangay(43), now heads this CTA. Born in Darjeeling, educated in Delhi, with higher studies and anti-China activities in the US for 16 years, a senior Fellow at the Harvard Law School, he is chosen by US to destabilise India China relations. Dalai Lama, formally retired or rather was retired, is still a figurehead, says Wikipedia.
Sangay, said he would strive to restore freedom for Tibetans and try and ensure the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet. Striking a more realistic note, he said laying a foundation for a stronger and sustainable Tibetan movement for the next 50 years would be a priority.
Besides pursuing law, he also organised conferences and seminars which were attended by several Chinese scholars during his 16-year stay in the US.
Two lakh Tibetans, three percent of all Tibetans, live outside China, including 1.2 lakh in India, and 50,000 more in sub-Himalayan zones in Nepal, Pakistan etc. 10, 000 in USA; around 8000 each in Canada and Switzerland; 2000 in Taiwan; 1000 in Australia. They are like Cuban emigrants working against Cuban socialism, backed and used by US. CTA claims to represent them.
One can see that very few Tibetans live in so-called Buddhist countries. Japan has 60 of them.
“Worldwide” support from Tibetans for CTA is a tall and false claim, as seen from above data. In an Interview of April 07, 2014, by thediplomat.com, CTA President Lobsang Sangay himself explained what constituted the world outside India :
(In India) except Sikkim, I have been to all the Tibetan settlements in India, all Tibetan schools, 90 percent of the monasteries and around 80 percent of old-age homes.
In North America and Europe, I’ve visited all major Tibetan communities except three or four places…The major challenge is the travelling …across the globe in five continents. It’s a grueling schedule every time—seven countries in 13 or 14 days in Europe and seven states in eight days in the U.S.
(Other reports mention Canada, Australia, Newzealand etc. Few from third world. )
The 2014 Interview exposes some facts:
CTA President discussed Dalai Lama’s achievements in exile over the decades, noting the international awards and titles he has received; Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, UN Earth Prize in 1991, US Congressional Gold Medal in 2007, the Templeton Prize in 2012 and first rank on the Watkins list of 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People in 2020.
Except Sikkim, I have been to all the Tibetan settlements in India, all Tibetan schools, 90 percent of the monasteries and around 80 percent of old-age homes. In North America and Europe, I’ve visited all major Tibetan communities except three or four places. I am still working hard and intend to continue doing so; the rest I leave to the collective karma of the Tibetan people.
One can notice little about so-called Buddhist countries or awards from them in these details. That is the crux, he is one promoted and sustained by US and West, and maintained by India.
Religion is only a mask for his role serving USA for 60 years.
And this has been a major hurdle for India- China relations.
Ramakrishnan is a media person
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