Who is most qualified to represent the Tibetan people?
“To block the ‘Middle Way’ espoused by the Dalai Lama and to try and draw things out in the hope that the Tibet problem will resolve when the Dalai Lama passes is the dream of an idiot” In this first piece, published on November 14 on a US-based Chinese dissidents’ website, the writer Ding Yifu challenges the Chinese authorities’ claims to represent the Tibetan people, and also lambasts them for failing to understand the Tibetan people’s fundamental loyalty to the Dalai Lama. He concludes with a warning that history will not judge the Chinese authorities kindly if China ‘loses’ Tibet. This article is followed by comments by Tibetan writers posting on a similar topic to a popular Chinese-language blog. Zhu Weiqun, Deputy Director of the United Front Work Department said when explaining at a press conference that there has been no outcome to this most recent dialog between the central government and representatives of the Dalai Lama, that discussions with representatives of the Dalai Lam
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