Special report: Dalai clique's separatist activities condemned

    BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- A senior Tibet expert claimed the Dalai Lama and his supporters want a high level of autonomy in and around Tibet, in order to undermine the current Chinese system of ethnic regional autonomy.

    Instigating ethnic hatred between Tibetans and others, is the reason behind the call by the Dalai Lama's supporters for an autonomous Greater Tibet, said Xerab Nyi'ma, the Central University for Nationalities vice president and himself a Tibetan.

    The Dalai group has included in its Greater Tibet parts of four other provinces with Tibetan minorities (Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and Qinghai). It is to "undermine the political system that promotes ethnic regional autonomy," the Tibetan scholar said. He added that the term Greater Tibet does not exist in Chinese history.

    "The Dalai group is very likely to instigate ethnic hatred in the region as many other ethnic groups, all considered as migrants by the Dalai group, also live in these provinces," he said.

    This high level of autonomy in Greater Tibet is likely to threaten peace in both China and the world", according to Xerab Nyi'ma.

    "They resorted to bloodshed to seek Tibet independence in 2008 because this year is critical for China to host the Olympics.

    "We should think deeply about the cause of the March 14 Lhasa riot. The government should be ready to fight an enduring and complicated battle with the Dalai group," he said.

    "There's ample evidence to prove that the Dalai Lama has always been preaching Tibet's secession from China," says Professor Hu Yan from the Party School of the Central Committee of Communist Party of China (CPC).

    "In some books published in the West, the Dalai Lama has repeated more than once such provocative remarks as six million Tibetans dislike the Chinese," Hu said.

    "The Chinese government has long been promoting unity, equality, mutual help and harmony among different nationalities, while the Dalai Lama strives to separate those who eat Zanba (Tibetan's staple food, roasted qingke barley flour) and those who eat rice," he said.

    "The Dalai Lama's attempt only ended up in vain as only a few Tibetans participated in the March 14 Lhasa riot", he added.

Tibetologist: hidden motives behind "ethnic conflict" claim of Lhasa riot

    BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The March 14 riot in Lhasa was no ethnic conflict, and some people who would so label the incident might harbor ulterior motives, said an expert on Tibet on Wednesday.

    Lian Xiangmin, a researcher with the Beijing-based China Tibetology Research Center (CTRC), said the riot was not an ethnic issue, but a political one, as the mob attacked not only ethnic Hui and Han people, but also Tibetans. Full story

Tibetan students in Beijing sit-in worshipping peace

    BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Tibetan students who were participating in the March 17 sit-in at the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing were worshipping peace for their families and the region, according to a school authority here on Wednesday.

    "Those students were very reasonable and returned to their dormitories by midnight after talks with teachers," said Xerab Nyi'ma, the university's vice president and a Tibetan himself, during a press conference. Full story

Study: Tibetan farmers not marginalized in economic progress

    BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Tibetan farmers are not being marginalized amid the region's economic progress, a study by a Chinese researcher reveals.

    Zhalo, a scholar of ethnic studies with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) think tank, said here on Wednesday that a research program on Tibet's economic development was conducted in 120 Tibetan villages over the past eight years. Full story

Traditions of living Buddha reincarnation should be followed, expert says

    BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The centuries-old tradition of living Buddha reincarnations in Tibetan Buddhism should be respected, said a tibetologist here on Wednesday at a press conference.

    "I would not like to make any assumption about the passing of the present Dalai Lama," said Lian Xiangmin, director of Research Projects Office with the China Tibetology Research Center.  Full story