Commentary: Dalai Lama's remarks add to his mistakes

Special report: Tibet: Its Past and Present

　BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Chinese media) -- During his Japan tour

the Dalai Lama said Sunday that the current situation in Tibet is "very sad" and

the Chinese central government is handing down a "death sentence" to Tibetans.

Such remarks confound black and white and disregard facts.

The Dalai Lama's remarks came at a time when China's

central government is to arrange another round of contacts and negotiations with

his private representatives.

The self-proclaimed spiritual leader, who betrayed

his home country and fled Tibet in 1959, made a cliche-ridden statement when he

said the current situation in Tibet is "very sad."

Having never made any efforts for or contributions to

the protection and development of Tibetan culture, the Dalai Lama absurdly

claims himself as "the protector of Tibetan culture."

The accusation of the so-called "cultural genocide"

in Tibet and "death sentence" to Tibetans betrayed facts and were aimed at

arousing concerns over Tibet to add weight to his separatist ambitions.

Despite the Lhasa riot in March this year and

disruptions and sabotage of the Beijing Olympic Games by a handful of elements

seeking "Tibet independence," the central government has agreed to hold contacts

with private representatives of the Dalai Lama.

However, the Dalai Lama again played the trick of

"retirement" and said he was disappointed about the talks with the central

government and that the prospects for such talks would "become thinner and

thinner."

Facts have shown that his "disappointment" was

groundless.

During a meeting with the Dalai Lama's private

representatives in July this year, the central government raised four

requirements for the Dalai Lama to heed -- not to support activities to disturb

the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games; not to support plots to fan up violent

criminal activities; not to support, and effectively contain, the violent

terrorist activities of the "Tibetan Youth Congress"; and not to support any

argument and activity to seek "Tibetan independence" and split the region from

the country.

The requirements of the Chinese central government

have been concrete, simple, reasonable and explicit, which would have

facilitated the contacts and negotiations to generate effective results if the

Dalai Lama side had seriously carried out the promises.

By stressing his "disappointment" over the contacts

and negotiations, the Dalai Lama deliberately adopted a pathetic posture only in

an attempt to draw public attention and sympathy.

His "disappointment" also showed his reluctance to

give up his stance to seek "Tibetan independence."

For the Dalai Lama, it is futile to play mean tricks

and try to turn back the wheel of history.

Recognizing the irreversible situation, the Dalai

Lama should stop repeating the mistakes and discard his fantasies. He should

live up to his words in a bid to create a favorable condition for the contacts

and negotiations between the central government and his private representatives.