23 March 2017
EFE
An expert linked to the Chinese Government considered today that the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama must take place in China, at a time when the regime insists that it will choose the next Buddhist leader while the current one has left this issue up in the air in apparent response to pressure from Beijing.
"En China hay 6 millions of Tibetans. In addition to Tibetan Buddhists, There are also people from other ethnic groups who profess Tibetan Buddhism. They hope that the successor of the 14th Dalai Lama will appear in their hometown in China. Tenemos que respetar su deseo", dijo Lian Xiangmin, expert associated with the China Tibet Research Center (CTRC).
The Chinese Communist Party has assumed the authority to decide who will be the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, while the spiritual leader has left his succession in the air, pointing out that it could occur outside of China and may not even be produced, ending this tradition upon his death.
In an unusual press conference by a CTRC expert, Lian today criticized the attitude of the Buddhist leader, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
"El dalái lama nunca ha parado de llevar a cabo actividades separatistas", Lian denounced, que consideró que el denominado "camino intermedio" of the Dalái Lama, by which he demands real autonomy for Tibet within China, rejecting the independence of the region, it's a farce.
According to the expert, director of the Institute of Contemporary Tibet Studies, belonging to the CTRC, el dalái lama quiere unir la región del Tíbet con todas las áreas tibetanas en otras provincias y regiones de China y formar un "estado político" of 2,5 million square kilometers, a quarter of the total Chinese territory.
"El dalái lama debe abandonar su búsqueda de la independencia tibetana y detener sus actividades separatistas, and recognize that Tibet is part of China and that Taiwan (which Beijing considers a rebellious island) también lo es", insisted.
He also lashed out at India for inviting the Dalai Lama to the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh., that New Delhi and Beijing have been disputed for half a century.
"No hay ninguna duda de que afectará negativamente a las relaciones entre China e India", the expert warned.
The Dalai Lama will visit four towns in Arunachal Pradesh between 4 and the 13 April, spending most of their stay in Tawang, city near the border with Tibet and disputed with China, where he will give talks and instruct those present about meditation or how to postpone achieving nirvana.
