Canada-China Relations committee  The human rights situation of Tibetans in the whole of the Tibetan Plateau is the same. Their economic marginalization is similar. The environmental destruction is similar. Even the Chinese government says that the Tibet Autonomous Region and other, adjacent Tibetan areas are all

Canada-China Relations committee  Yes, every small gesture or major initiative will matter. Passing a motion in the Canadian Parliament saying that the one country, two systems of Hong Kong should prevail and that violations of it should be condemned; passing a resolution in the UN Human Rights Council, on Hong K

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you very much, Honourable Harris. Yes. When President Obama met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2014 and 2016, both times the White House issued a press statement supporting the middle-way approach of the Tibetan people. Not only did it support it, but it applauded the

Canada-China Relations committee  Yes, I think the honourable member raised the right issue. As I said, what happened in Tibet could happen to you. In Tibet, the one country, two systems, which was later provided to Hong Kong, was already promised in 1951 through the 17-point agreement. For example, article 4 o

Canada-China Relations committee  Absolutely not. Five UN human rights experts have recently—just a few days ago—raised this issue, that they want to know the whereabouts of Panchen Lama. It's been now.... He's 31 years old. The Chinese government says that he is 31 years old, a college graduate, has a job and h

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you very much. According to one report, 92% of publications in Lhasa are in the Chinese language; only 8% are in the Tibetan language. Clearly you can see that China's government is investing a lot to promote the Chinese language as the medium of instruction, using China's

Canada-China Relations committee  Yes, the Communist Party is a declared atheist party, but it claims to have the authority to recognize reincarnate lamas. We saw the Dalai Lama jokingly say that if they are very serious about reincarnation, then they must first find the reincarnation of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai an

Canada-China Relations committee  Yes, I think it's very important that for any kind of exploitation of natural resources we find the origin of the raw materials. Often it comes from Xinjiang or it comes from Tibet. We always say that for any Chinese company or any company—Canadian companies had investment in go

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you very much, Honourable Chair Geoff Regan, vice-chairs and members of the committee. Here in Dharamsala it is 1 a.m. Given the importance of the committee, I thought I should deprive myself of sleep and talk about China and Tibet. [Witness spoke in Tibetan] [English] I

Foreign Affairs committee  That will be acceptable to six million Tibetans. That's good for us. Even now, the present Dalai Lama is not acceptable to the Chinese government but is acceptable to us and six million Tibetans inside Tibet. That's the crux of the issue. Again, it's about Buddhism. It's about sp

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the very good question. Also, it's good to see someone from the neighbourhood. You're right. I think that with the infrastructure and the Chinese migration they are trying to do their best to assimilate Tibet into China, but so far it has not worked, for

Foreign Affairs committee  Oh, yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  As far as funding inside Tibet is concerned, I think we all must. We encourage any funding that can help Tibetan people inside Tibet. You can reach out to those villages and those communities where funding is needed, and where schools and hospitals are needed. They have to be edu

Foreign Affairs committee  The Chinese government's plan is to convert Tibet into Chinatown and through cultural assimilation make Tibetans into Chinese. That's why they are discouraging the Tibetan language in schools as a medium of instruction and so on and so forth. Then through trains, railway lines,

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for those very good questions. You mentioned the name of the delegate who came and made the presentation, but we all must know that there are a few Tibetans who are sent around to speak on behalf of the Chinese government or parrot their propaganda. In the last 60 yea