[資訊] 西藏年輕人拒絕達賴的領導

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http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/18/tibet.independence/



(CNN) -- While the Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibet, many younger
 Tibetans do not follow him on a crucial question -- whether Tibet should
 have genuine autonomy or independence from China.
 The young activists who have organized "Free Tibet" marches around the world
 demand independence for a homeland most of them have never seen. Born in
 exile, they reject the Dalai Lama's "middle way" of seeking "meaningful
autonomy" -- not independence -- from China.

The youth activists also call for an international boycott of the Beijing
 Olympics, something the Dalai Lama does not do.

The Chinese government considers Tibet an autonomous province, but many Tibetans
 say it is autonomous in name only. The Dalai Lama says the Chinese often
 treat Tibetans as second-class citizens in their own land. He argues that
 Tibetans need full and genuine autonomy to protect their cultural heritage
.

The Chinese government rejects international calls that it talk with the
Dalai Lama, insisting he is a "separatist" and that his "clique" masterminded
 protests that convulsed Tibet last week and have spread to three neighboring
 Chinese provinces.

Tenzin Tsundue, a 32-year-old Tibetan activist and writer, said the Dalai
 Lama's demand for authentic autonomy from China was "wishful thinking."

In a 2005 interview published by the Tibet Society of South Africa, Tenzin
 said it was "highly unlikely" China would ever make the changes called for
 by the Dalai Lama.
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"Because the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet would inspire and unite the
 Tibetans so powerfully, that there'd be a revolution, and China can't have
 that happen," Tenzin said.

"His Holiness has frequently begged for autonomy -- but they will not budge
, even though he was criticized for doing so by many of our youth for this
 compromise."

The Dalai Lama was himself a young man when he was last in Tibet. He was
forced into exile, along with about 80,000 others, in 1959 when the Chinese
 military put down an uprising.

Tenzin is one of the leaders of a pro-independence march from Dharmasala,
 India to the border of Tibet. The walk, which they hope to complete just
 before the start of the Beijing Olympics in August, was stopped just as
it began last week when Indian police arrested participants.

The Tibetan youth movement does embrace the Dalai Lama's strategy of peaceful
 protests, he said.

"On non-violent method, there's no disagreement with His Holiness," Tenzin
 said in a CNN interview last week. "There is this difference that I see,
 and especially among the younger generation of Tibetans who are saying,
no compromise on independence."

Tenzin's only visit to Tibet came when he went in without permission in 1997
. Tenzin, then 22, was eventually caught by police, jailed for three months
 for being a "foreigner" and sent back to India.

He later said he was taken by how much China had erased Tibetan culture from
 the region, with everything "Chinese in character or under Chinese control
."

Tenzin said in the 2005 interview that China was "smothering the Tibetan
voice" by moving into Tibet thousands of Han Chinese, who make up more than
 90 percent of Chinese citizens.

The Dalai Lama, in denying the charge he was behind the recent outbreaks
of violence in China, said that control of Tibetan culture by China fuels
 the protests. The "cultural genocide" of his people causes the deep resentment
 toward China that fuels Tibetan protests, he said.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday that China has "plenty of evidence
 proving" that Tibetan protests were "organized, premeditated, masterminded
 and incited" by the Dalai Lama's "clique."

"The consistent claims made by the Dalai clique that they pursue, not independence
, but peaceful dialogue, are nothing but lies," Wen said.

In his own news conference Sunday, the Dalai Lama said "meaningful autonomy
" for Tibet would protect its "ancient cultural heritage." Without autonomy
, he said Tibetans would continue to be treated as "second class citizens
 in their own land."

Still, the younger Tibetan exiles appear determined to press for independence
.

Tenzin, who is also know for his poetry, once wrote about it.

"The dream of a free Tibet will live on," he wrote. "The Tibetan youth are
 charged with a huge surge of energy. We constitute an anthropological case
 study, a generation of youth born in exile, the majority of whom have never
 seen Tibet, but are incredibly passionate about it. We will struggle, suffer
 and die for a free Tibet."

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