A former top official in China’s ruling Communist Party has called on the Chinese government to open talks with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, as a matter of urgency. Bao Tong, former aide to ousted late premier Zhao Ziyang, says both Tibetans and Han Chinese have suffered at the hands of a Maoist political philosophy. He wrote this essay, broadcast by RFA’s Mandarin service, from his Beijing home, where he has lived under house arrest since his release from jail in the wake of the 1989 student movement:
Take harmony seriously; talk to the Dalai Lama
by Bao Tong
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Take harmony seriously; talk to the Dalai Lama
by Bao Tong
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Do you think that the Dalai Lama knew that the eyes of the world was going to be focused on China during these summer Olympics? That this would be a great time to further his cause by getting the Tibet monks to riot in the streets of Tibet and make China to look like the evil empire? Now he is on his world wide tour promoting his agenda. Personally I think this is a good move on his part.
Yeah, definitely good timing to get the world wide forum to spread his agenda. Definitely not a coincidence.