www.tibet.net
15 May 2008
Ever since peaceful protests erupted in Tibet, starting from 10 March,
the Chinese government used the full force of its state media to fling
a series of allegations against the "Dalai Clique". These allegations
range from His Holiness the Dalai Lama masterminding the recent Tibet
protest to His Holiness the Dalai Lama making attempts to restore
feudalism in Tibet.
This is the first in a series of response by the Central Tibetan
Administration (CTA) to these accusations.
The Chinese translation of this response is available at
www.xizang-zhiye.org
The Tibetan translation is available on the Tibetan edition of this
website www.tibet.net/tb/
Chinese Government's Blaming and Shaming Game: PART ONE
Since 10 March a series of massive demonstrations rocked all over
Tibet*. Beijing made several allegations. Beijing accused "the Dalai
clique of masterminding" these demonstrations. Beijing said these
demonstrations were "violent" and organised by "terrorists," and these
demonstrations were aimed at "splitting Tibet from the motherland."
Premier Wen Jiabao told that the international media on 18 March 2008
that his government had "ample facts and plenty of evidence to prove
that the recent riot in Lhasa was organised, premeditated,
masterminded and incited by the Dalai Lama clique."
Official China claims that these demonstrations prove that His
Holiness the Dalai Lama's advocacy of non-violence is just lip
service. China says Dharamsala has become "the epicentre of lies," and
"the government-in-exile has churned out groundless fabrication since
the riot in Lhasa."
China claims that the appeals issued by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to
our Chinese brothers and sisters are his attempt to "stir up more
unrest in Tibet." The Chinese authorities said on 9 April that "the
Dalai Clique's statements also attempted to stir up hostility between
ethnic groups in Tibet and internationalize the so-called Tibet
issue."
In fact the war of words is so intense from the Chinese side that they
have already published a book called Lies and Truth. The lies are all
on the Tibetan side and the truth is with Beijing. The book was
launched on 4 April in Beijing by Sanlian, a unit of the China
Publi****ng Group. The publishers claim the publication of Lies and
Truth is the fastest ever in publi****ng history. The book was
commissioned on 27 March and published on 3 April. The publisher of
Sanlian, Zhang Weimin told China's CCTV that "We had to frame a
response to demonstrate our position. We worked to show the true state
of things to those unaware of the truth, and to rebut the axe-
grinding, misleading re****ts of the western media."
The book consists of previously published articles. It regurgitates
all the official allegations of Beijing that the "Dalai clique" is
behind the current unrest in Tibet. Lies and Truth is an attempt to
refute "the distortions" of the western media in its re****ting of the
current problems in Tibet. The book contains a large section in which
all the "major achievements in economic, cultural and social
development" in Tibet are explained.
Ultimately Lies and Truth is aimed at the Chinese people. The sweep of
the western media and the breadth of its coverage of China's Tibet
headache has shaken the Chinese people's faith in their own government
and its handling of the Tibet issue. This has forced Beijing to make
an attempt, however feeble, to explain its actions and policies to its
own people.
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