What a contradiction to this:
London
13 September 1994
On the occasion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit to London in
September 1994, His Holiness invited for lunch a group of us who
had the privilege to live, visit and work in Tibet prior to the
Chinese invasion of the country in 1950, to exchange our
experiences and reminiscences of that time.
As some of the few remaining foreigners who witnessed
independent Tibet, we are unanimous in our conviction that Tibet
was a fully sovereign country. The independence of Tibet was
evident by our observation of the following facts:
1. The Government of Tibet had absolute control over its
internal and external affairs;
2. There was no Chinese involvement in any form in the affairs
of Tibet;
3. His Holiness the Dalai Lama was the supreme temporal and
spiritual leader of the country to whom the Tibetan people showed
unswerving loyalty;
4. Tibet issued its own currency and stamps;
5. Tibet was economically self-sufficient;
7. Tibet raised and maintained its own small army;
6. Tibet had its own distinct language, writing, culture and
traditions.
8. Tibet remained neutral during the Second World War;
We are deeply concerned by the
continuing occupation of Tibet by the Chinese which has resulted
in:
1. the continuing gross violation
of human rights;
2. the death of one sixth of the
population of Tibet (1.2 million);
3. a massive transfer of Chinese
population into Tibet with the consequence that Tibetans are now a
minority in their own land;
4. environmental degradation
including massive deforestation;
5. continuing attacks on Tibet's
cultural and religious heritage, including the denial of religious
freedom;
5. a birth control policy which
includes forced sterilisation and abortions;
6. the militarisation and
deployment of nuclear weapons in Tibet threatening the security and
peace in Asia.
We call upon the international community to recognize the
continuing injustice and suffering of the Tibetan people and to
urge their governments to take appropriate actions to save Tibet's
unique cultural
heritage before it is too late and to restore
Tibet's former independence.
Mrs Joan Mary Jehu- Visited Tibet in September 1932. Accompanied
her father Colonel Weir, the Political Officer in Sikkim on an
official mission to Tibet.
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1. continue violation of human right? It is a whole china problem
not just tibet alone. China human right has improve alot even US
has a make a noise on China at 2007 UN human right violation
2. wrong. Tibet population has increased since 1951 when PRC
liberate it. Check yr data..
3. Tibet is part of China. U can't stop its citizen if they want
to go there. If u want to live in jurong from Geylang. nobody can
stop u ,right?
4. What environmental degration? U mean building of school,
hospital and airport is bad for tibet. Infrastruture is bad for
Tibet? U want Yibet to be forever backward??
5. As long as Tibetian don't claim independence, CCCP will not
interfere in its religion.
6. This is wrong, it applies to whole China but has stop since 1
decade ago. Tibetian are alllowed to have as many child as possible
except Chinese han.
7. Tibet is near India and many countries. Gearing it up is part
of every country startegy.
