標題: Unwilling to upset China, West holds back on Tibet [打印本頁] 作者: kimmi8k 時間: 2012-2-2 08:24 AM 標題: Unwilling to upset China, West holds back on Tibet
BEIJING - The international community is treading warily on the Tibetan issue, reluctant to antagonise an increasingly powerful China with whom it has growing economic and diplomatic ties, analysts say.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 L1 h6 Q9 Z8 a# q- d$ V
. S. ?7 J. c' X/ d; ?, Q- x# ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWestern countries have in the past expressed concern over China's treatment of Tibetans - particularly in 2008 when riots in Tibetan-inhabited areas provoked a huge crackdown - but now they are generally prudent and discreet.- }; w" ^- ~. v
& z9 Y* N' R1 J# iA call from Lobsang Sangay, head of the exiled Tibetan government - which is not recognised by any country - for outside intervention after deadly police shootings last week in Sichuan province has fallen on deaf ears.公仔箱論壇- ^! O! I l; V& v8 b4 M( Y9 E
- q$ E4 Z& A g! f e, mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb"China's emergence as a great economic power and a strong desire to tap into its markets come first," said Katia Buffetrille, an ethnologist and Tibet expert at the Paris-based Ecole pratique des hautes etudes, a leading research institute.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。, [5 H& a( w. D. k
* x3 S5 {$ @) h4 ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbCompared to other ethnic minorities who have risen up against Chinese Communist rule - such as Muslim Uighurs - Tibetans are very popular abroad, helped by the global stardom of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. 9 T! y" j8 C' d0 |9 d( b. H/ mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。. H! \1 \ g8 o2 Z6 w
Buddhist Tibetans are also seen as a peaceful people, and the mythical "Roof of the World" - as their mountainous homeland is known - fires the imagination, said Buffetrille.3 t% B, W! B1 Y* @' C3 D4 t
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But far from threatening China with sanctions or boycotting exports from the world's second biggest economy, the international community limits itself to urging dialogue between exiled Tibetans and Beijing. , t0 I: T8 D& N3 } 7 }4 B" F- e5 [1 ^2 R: UAll 172 countries that have diplomatic relations with Beijing also de facto recognise that "Tibet is an integral part of China." 0 R0 z+ t& z4 m- Q y$ N* ~* z8 k5.39.217.76; Z: S6 r& \( a: s
So the distribution of pamphlets urging Tibet's independence during last week's protests made it even harder for countries to intervene, said Barry Sautman, a Tibetologist at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 公仔箱論壇' @( D7 d. G' p- O' k3 I" K+ z
! E4 h, R* g- x! b; R$ yAfter the deadly clashes in Sichuan, which involved police shooting on protesters, the United States - where the Tibetan lobby is very active - urged dialogue and called on China to show "restraint."公仔箱論壇7 x$ I; c3 a G6 L' s
( B- S, y2 `; \' F/ e公仔箱論壇But according to Sautman, "there is a sense of limitations that Western governments realise they have in terms of influencing that type of event." ' Q( C1 I2 j8 _9 `- ^9 Y7 e" wTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。# E3 a# t4 J# r4 ~$ _. W/ ^
"They can't much influence the political process by simply criticising the Chinese government, instead they have to do something which will ensure negotiations take place between the Tibetans-in-exile and the Chinese government." " s6 u! N L' p) Z, V6 x; i ' @& A" z8 _" P- b8 Q' w w( lTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。These types of talks have taken place nine times since Beijing opened dialogue in 2002 under global pressure.* L r$ d- k9 {/ H
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But Beijing has set as a precondition of any type of deal that the Dalai Lama recognise Tibet as an inalienable part of China - which is unacceptable for exiles - and so the talks went nowhere and have been stalled since 2010.' w0 Z2 h8 n% G6 ?' Z/ r6 @
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The European Union and United Nations have regular, discreet talks with Beijing about Tibet but China will not allow the UN into Tibetan-inhabited areas since a 2006 visit by the body's rapporteur on torture angered Beijing. ; K% s" n6 H3 D' _. G' u; T' }! K4 V* y公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( _4 T' F: S* B5 l6 q
The international community should encourage China "to stop attacking the Dalai Lama, stop forcing monks and nuns to denounce him, and put some limitations of migrations (of majority Han Chinese) into Tibetan areas," said Robbie Barnett, a Tibet expert at Columbia University. . o, H: ?4 T, CTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 7 Q! a0 x: ^5 j公仔箱論壇Another problem lies in the incoherent Western approach to Tibet, according to Barnett, who points to a "very divided American approach and Western Europe approach." 8 D9 s! g" k3 d 1 L4 Z! X I8 ~5.39.217.76Britain, which in 1914 signed a treaty implicitly recognising Tibet as an independent entity, declared abruptly in 2008 that the region was an integral part of China, which it had never said before, he said. " H; z" x, ~4 u3 [: o2 k0 z" `5.39.217.765.39.217.766 ]0 `( Y# X, L! |7 @( `
Similarly, Barnett pointed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has found it difficult to master a coherent approach to the Tibetan issue. 9 V! r; i* x3 R- W# A7 H, `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 X3 z; E% e& r7 y5 Y
Observers will therefore be interested to see whether German Chancellor Angela Merkel will mention the Tibetan issue in a speech on Thursday in Beijing during her three-day visit to China.
