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Serfs Emancipation
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BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- A senior official of
Tibet said here Tuesday the "Tibetan genocide" by which the Dalai Lama and his
secessionist group claimed more than 1 million Tibetans had been killed in the
past 50 years was merely fabrication and vilification.
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Qiangba Puncog (C), deputy to the Second
Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) from southwest
China's Tibet Autonomous Region, receives interview prior to the third
plenary meeting of the Second Session of the 11th NPC held at the Great
Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 10, 2009.
(Xinhua Photo)
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The population of Tibet increased from 1.2
million in 1959 to 2.87 million in 2008, and the 50 years was a period during
which the population there grew fastest in the past several centuries, said Qiangba
Puncog, chairman of the Tibet regional government on Tuesday.
Of the total population, Tibetans and people from
other ethnic minorities account for more than 95 percent, he said.
Dalai by no means a religious figure,
but a political one
BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The Dalai Lama is "by no
means a religious figure, but a political figure," Chinese Foreign Minister Yang
Jiechi said here Saturday.
The Dalai Lama and his followers insist to establish the
so-called "Greater Tibet" on one quarter of the Chinese territory. They want to
drive away the Chinese armed forces deployed on its own territory, and all the
Chinese people of other ethnic groups who have been living in Tibet for
generations, Yang told a press conference on the sidelines of the annual
parliamentary session.
Dalai Lama is not qualified for
talking about human rights
BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- As the most unstable element
for Tibet and representative of serf owners, the Dalai Lama is not qualified for
talking about human rights, said a senior official here Friday afternoon.
"There is no historical evidence or present ground for the
so called 'Greater Tibet' and 'high degree of autonomy', which are also against
the will of the Tibetan people," Qiangba Puncog, chairman of the Tibet
Autonomous Region, told a press conference on sideline with the annual session
of the National People's Congress (NPC).
Dalai Lama group's sabotage biggest
obstacle to Tibet's development
BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Sabotage from the Dalai Lama
group remains the biggest obstacle in the way of Tibet's development, Lhasa
Mayor Doje Cezhug said Friday.
Doje made the remarks at a panel discussion of lawmakers
from Tibet.
China says door for talks open to
Dalai Lama
BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday reiterated
that its policy on the Dalai Lama was consistent and clear, saying the door for
talks remains open.
"As an effort to accommodate the requests of the Dalai
Lama, the Chinese central government held three rounds of talks with private
envoys of the Dalai Lama last year," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang
told the regular briefing.
