Author Topic: Interview: Swiss-based researcher highlights "impressive development" in Tibet  (Read 4100 times)

christine V

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Almost 60 years, now we can see the different between Chinese leadership and CTA leadership.

CTA in Dharamshala busying to discriminate their own people, keep their people in poor stage, create fear in their people through Dorje Shugden's ban, poor education level, polluted buddhism, polluted the lineage by Dorje Shugden's ban. Educate their peoples to scold any of their fellowship Tibetan that dare to sound about bad of CTA; to label them as China dog. At the same times, you hear how corrupted the leaders could be.

The China government working so hard to pump in money and manpower to develop Tibet, so that Tibet could free from poverty. Bring the Tibetan into modern world, preserved Buddhism by repair and renovate the old monasteries. Preserved Tibetan culture by having museum for example. The tibetan peoples in China seem more educated and have chances to be on international stage to performed.

I am not favor to China government nor the CTA, but, when the comparison is infront of us, which we can clearly see the different, we see the sincerity of China's government to improve and preserve Buddhism and Tibetan culture. While CTA is destroying and corrupt the Tibetan Buddhism. This is the time, CTA have to answered - in the 60 years, what have they done to preserved Tibetan culture, to preserved Buddhism, to upgrade the welfare of their peoples. Where are those donations, those funding they got from international?
 
To continue to hide and discriminate own refugees by using Dorje Shugden's ban is really out of trend. After all, H.H Dalai Lama have said, anyone can practice Dorje Shugden!

 Below are the news


Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/06/c_136662242.htm

GENEVA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Otto Kolbl, an Austrian researcher at the University of Lausanne who has traveled extensively in China, stressed during an interview with Xinhua that China's Tibetan areas have experienced "impressive development" in the past decades.

Kolbl told Xinhua in his campus office, "We should not forget that lack of development is a even greater threat to the Tibetan people."

"If the Tibetan areas cannot offer to their inhabitants the prospects of a reasonably comfortable and prosperous life, the most dynamic Tibetans will continuously be tempted to leave the region," he stressed.

According to the scholar, compared to Bolivia and some other mountainous areas to which he has traveled, the infrastructure in the Tibet region is "very impressive", which gives the area a great advantage.

"Roads and mobile phone coverage are exceptionally advanced for a region with such a low population density.

"The Chinese central government has spent huge amounts of money to achieve this, and progress is ongoing," he said.

As an example, he said, "some fifteen years ago, to get from Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province, to Hezuo, the administrative seat of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, took eight hours. Since the completion of the highway from Lanzhou to Linxia, it takes four hours."

Kolbl believed that local Tibetans are well-placed to capitalize on advantages from infrastructure improvement and from the development of their home area.

He noted that significant progress has taken place in recent years and a combination of several factors has led to the emergence of "a class of Tibetan entrepreneurs".

Kolbl explained that Tibetans have learned from the Han, Hui and other groups in China on how to engage in certain business activities where no Tibetan tradition existed in spheres such as the retail trade and tourism.

"The Chinese economy has achieved a level of development where more and more people can afford to travel for pleasure. The emerging tourism industry has channeled considerable funds to the Tibetan areas," he noted.

The Austrian researcher believes that Western media and academic researchers have a bias against the Chinese central government's policy towards Tibet and do not want to look at the facts on the ground there, by "sticking to their pre-conceived ideas".

"I recognized the Western campaign against China on the Tibet issue, especially at the end of 2007 and in 2008, and it has proven to be a disaster for Tibetans," he said.

"Tibetans never tried to build up their own independent country, and in the history no head of state ever recognized Tibet as an independent state," Kolbl added.

DharmaSpace

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Some of the rhetoric asking for Tibetans in exile to return, really matches the sentiments laid out in this article.

China is pouring in so much money to modernize Tibet, take advantage of that, Tibetans.

There is so much commerce and work and development to be done, and Tibetans can certainly take advantage of that, all that development happening at a break neck space in Tibet. Rather than eke out a mere existence in India, I can't see any benefit for Tibetans in exile to remain in India begin governed by corrupt officials and systems.   

Yes the Tibetans may not have the freedom to pray to His Holiness, but at least the Tibetan can thrive in tibet. The same cannot be said of their continued existence in India. 

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Also Indians are becoming more unfriendly and unwelcoming to the Tibetans, on all levels, except maybe the the tier of the Indian government that are holding the top offices of the land.

Perhaps India has a strategy to counter China, by playing the Tibetan card.

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China had a very painful growing pains; She went through he cultural revolution. But, China has learnt to slowly develop for sustained growth, for everyone to grow up and be part of the growth. They thus do not become a liability and a sycophant relying on the government for handout. The Chinese believe in hard work.

Now, it is time for Tibet to grow up and so China is pouring resource for material and spiritual growth into Tibet. CTA should not grudge them that but instead work towards a reasonable stance and try to bring the Tibetans together in harmony and unity.

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Well, if it was under CTA, nothing like this would happen. China will continue to improve Tibet and the lives of Tibetans in China.

What is CTA doing for Tibetans in exile India? They segregate them and cause disunity! WHat king of government kills their own people? Shameful!

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Agree with @dsnowlion that no such improvements have been or will be shown by CTA. It is clear that despite decades of generous donations, there has been no significant change in the welfare of the Tibetans in exile. It is also clear that up until this present day, the aim of CTA is still seeking for more financial aids. It is further apparent that CTA has consistently acted in ways which ultimately harm Tibetans, from the CTA’s self-defeating actions of taunting China which actually sabotages negotiations with China to CTA’s illegal and illogical imposition of the Dorje Shugden ban which segregates and sow discord amongst Tibetans. When will CTA actually start serving the Tibetan people as they should and deliver what CTA promised them instead of exploiting and profiting from the suffering of their Tibetans?

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The conditions in Tibet have improved so much and the access to other areas is so fast now so that it is a huge opportunity to be now in Tibet and take advantage of the given infrastructure.

China gives his people the conditions to make a change accessible for everyone. Compared to before in Tibet the situation has improved drastically.

So what is the result of the CTA? What has improved for the Tibetans? They still live under the care of India and are not allowed to make their own.

Do you see the difference?

Guess who has lost? CTA stop taking advantage of the Tibetans! Enough is enough!



Rowntree

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China brings development to end poverty in Tibet. CTA continue with embezzlement and corruptions to make sure Tibetan refugees to always be poor and backward. Otherwise, His Holiness wouldn't want to be back in Tibet.