COUNTERING CCP'S FALSE NARRATIVE

SINCE THE CHINESE INVASION OF TIBET IN 1951, TIBETANS HAVE BEEN LIVING IN EXILE ACROSS THE GLOBE AND CONTINUE TO RAISE THEIR VOICE AGAINST THE RUTHLESS AND AGGRESSIVE COMMUNIST REGIME. TIBETANS, DWELLING IN EXILE SINCE 1959, OBSERVE THE 110TH ANNIVERSARY OF A 'FREE' AND 'INDEPENDENT' TIBET, ON FEBRUARY 13, THERE IS A NEED TO COUNTER FALSE CLAIMS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA

On February 13, this year, the 14th Dalai Lama and his fellow Tibetans, living in exile since 1959, will observe the 110th anniversary of a 'free' and 'independent' Tibet. It was on this day in 1913 when the 13th Dalai Lama made the historic 'Declaration of Independence' from a two-year-long occupation of Tibet's capital Lhasa by the Manchu army, which itself was on its last legs after a 296-year-long rule over China. Tibetans and their supporters across the world have made it a tradition in the last seven decades to hold demonstrations outside Chinese embassies and call for world support to rehabilitate Tibet as an 'independent' country. At Dharamshala in India, the Tibetan refugees celebrate the historic day with colourful Tibetan dance and music while their government-in-exile issues formal statements to the world community for support.

In many parts of the world, especially at the Capitol Hill in Washington DC and the European Parliament, voices in support of Tibet too are surely going to be raised. The Beijing government too is expected to issue strong objections to these events and warn the US Congress and some EU MPs against interfering in the ‘internal matters’ of China. Beijing is sure to assert once again that Tibet is “an inalienable part of China” with the argument that “Tibet has been always a part of China in history”. This annual war of words may not shake the world but it surely calls for a relook at the reality behind China’s loud claims, especially its claims of Tibet, Xinjiang, Southern Mongolia and Hong Kong as its ‘internal matters’ or its insistence over ‘One China’ policy.

REALITY BEHIND CHINA’S CLAIMS