New Hardline Governor for Tibet

[Ray]

Little Change Expected Under New Tibet Governor

With discontent in Tibet reaching a high point in 2012 as self-immolations surged, some people, including the Dalai Lama, held hope that the new administration of Xi Jinping would impose kinder, gentler policies in the region. But a newly installed governor of the Tibet Autonomous Region appears prepared to continue the same policies as his predecessor. From Reuters:

Losang Gyaltsen, 55, was elected at the end of the annual meeting of Tibet's largely rubber stamp regional assembly, and replaces previous governor Padma Choling, according to an announcement by the official Xinhua news agency.

Losang Gyaltsen is a former mayor of Tibetan capital Lhasa and once taught Marxist theory, according to his official biography. His name is also spelled Losang Jamcan in English.

He reports to Tibet's top official, Communist Party chief Chen Quanguo, a position which traditionally has always been held by a Han Chinese rather than an ethnic Tibetan.

"He's rather hardline, but all officials at that level are the same," said prominent Tibetan writer Woeser. "There will be no real change in Tibet."

China Daily reported that Losang Gyaltsen will focus on the economic reform and development of Tibet , while also maintaining the CCP's hard line against the Dalai Lama and his supporters:

"Without reform and opening up, there will be no today's Tibet, nor the prosperity and development of tomorrow's Tibet," Losang Jamcan told reporters after his election.

He said the regional government will deepen reform and opening up for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

"Harmony and stability is an essential guarantee for Tibet's development and prosperity," he said. "We should cherish the harmonious and stable situation in our region in the same way that we cherish our very sight."

He urged maintaining vigilance in times of peace as well as taking a firm political stand and acting consistently to resolutely battling against the 14th Dalai Lama clique and unswervingly safeguarding the unification of the motherland and national unity.

Ethnic Tibetans, including many of those who self-immolate, have protested Beijing's harsh stance against the Dalai Lama as well as economic development and cultural policies which, in their view, harm their communities. With self-immolations continuing this year, albeit at a slower pace than late 2012, the head of the Tibetan government-in-exile has asked Tibetans to refrain from celebrating the New Year next month. From Bloomberg:

"I request my fellow Tibetans to not celebrate Losar with our usual festivities," Lobsang Sangay, prime minister in the exiled administration, said in the statement referring to the region's new year festival. "Instead, when this year's holiday falls on February 11, I ask you to perform only the customary religious rituals like visiting temples and making offerings."

Tibetans say China is attacking their culture, religion and environment with policies that have moved thousands of ethnic Han Chinese into Tibet in the name of economic development.

Little Change Expected Under New Tibet Governor - China Digital Times (CDT)

 

[Ray]

China appoints new governor for Tibet
Phayul[Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:19]

DHARAMSHALA, January 30: Beijing has appointed yet another hardliner Tibetan as the new governor of central Tibet, a move many believe augurs with China's plans of maintaining its iron fisted rule over the region.

55-year-old Losang Gyaltsen's name was announced on Tuesday at the end of the 10th annual meeting of the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region's rubber stamp regional assembly.

He replaces Pema Choling, who has now been selected as the chairman of the standing committee of the regional legislature. Fourteen others were elected vice chairpersons of the regional government, official state agency Xinhua said in a report.

According to his official biography, Gyaltsen is a former mayor of Tibetan capital Lhasa and once taught Marxist theory.

He reports to Tibet's top Han official, Communist Party chief Chen Quanguo, a position never held by a Tibetan.

In his first speech as the new governor, Gyaltsen toed the party hard line, saying that under him the regional administration will "resolutely struggle" against exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

According to Xinhua, he "urged maintaining vigilance in times of peace as well as taking a firm political stand and acting consistently to resolutely battling against the 14th Dalai Lama clique and unswervingly safeguarding the unification of the motherland and national unity."

"All development and progress of Tibet since its peaceful liberation is the results of sticking to the leadership of the Communist Party of China , the socialist system, the regional ethnic autonomy system and the path of development with Chinese characteristics and Tibetan features," the report cited Gyaltsen as saying.

He also spoke about "reform and opening up" of Tibet, a claim which has been denied by Beijing based prominent Tibetan writer, Woeser.

Speaking to Reuters, she called Gyaltsen a "hardline" like all other officials. "There will be no real change in Tibet," she said.

With Tibet reeling under a wave of self-immolations, which has witnessed at least 99 known Tibetans setting themselves on fire protesting Chinese rule, Tibetans have been placed under growing restrictions and increasingly marginalising and discriminatory policies.

According to his official biography, Gyaltsen was born in Chagyab, Tibet, in July 1957 and studied at the Tibet University for Nationalities for five years and worked at the university for another 10 years.

Between May 1996 and January 2003, he was mayor of Lhasa and deputy secretary of the CPC Lhasa municipal committee.

From January 2003 to January 2013, he served different posts, including vice chairman of the regional administration and deputy secretary of the CPC regional committee.

China appoints new governor for Tibet - www.phayul.com

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This is the view of the Tibetan in exile.

 

[Ray]

Speaking to Tibet's legislature on Tuesday, the new governor, Lobsang Gyaltsen, said the government would "resolutely struggle" against exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who China accuses of promoting violent separatism, charges he denies.

"We will unswervingly protect the unity of the motherland and ethnic harmony "¦ and maintain harmony and stability in Tibet," the China News Service quoted him as saying.

"Harmony and stability are the basic guarantee of Tibet's development and prosperity," he added.

China has tightened already strict controls in Tibet since an upsurge in self-immolations by Tibetans protesting Chinese rule over the past two years, though most of the burnings have happened in heavily Tibetan areas outside of what China calls the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Almost 100 Tibetans have set themselves alight since the protests began in 2009, most of whom have died.

Despite expectations for improvement, the crackdown inside Tibet could become even worse once Chinese Communist Party boss Xi Jinping becomes president in March as he seeks to cement his rule, said an overseas Tibetan rights advocate.

"I wouldn't be surprised if at the beginning of his tenure things might get worse before they get better, because he will want to stamp his authority early on," said Kate Saunders of the International Campaign for Tibet.

Xi's late father, Xi Zhongxun, a liberal-minded former vice premier, had a close bond with the Dalai Lama before the monk fled into exile in 1959 following a failed uprising against Chinese rule.

China appoints new Tibet governor, hardline policies to remain .:. Tibet Sun

 

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New governor of Tibet elected

Xinhua, January 15, 2010

Padma Choling, a native Tibetan and former armyman, was elected governor of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region Friday at the regional parliamentary session.

He has replaced Qiangba Puncog to be chairman of the regional government. The ongoing session of the regional People's Congress endorsed Qiangba Puncog's resignation earlier on Friday.

Padma Choling, born in 1951, is a native of Dengqen in Qamdo Prefecture. He served 17 years in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) between 1969 and 1986, before he became an official in Tibet's regional government.

He was elected vice-chairman of the regional government in 2003.

Earlier this month, he replaced Legqog to be deputy secretary of Tibet's regional committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

New governor of Tibet elected - China.org.cn
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From the CPC mouthpiece.om the last Governor on his being electyed

 

[amoy]

u can call every Chinese a hardliner on Tibet.

For whom the bell tolls?

Chairman Mao's speech regarding Dalai Lama (November 15, 1956) -

Here I will take up another topic, the question of the Dalai. Buddha has been dead for 2,500 years, and now the Dalai and his followers want to go to India and pay homage to him. Shall we let him go or not? The Central Committee thinks that it is better to let him go than not. He will set out in a few days. We advised him to go by air, but he refused, preferring to travel by car via Kalimpong, [4] where there are spies from various countries as well as Kuomintang secret agents. It must be anticipated that the Dalai may not come back, that, in addition, he may abuse us every day, making allegations such as "the Communists have invaded Tibet", and that he may go so far as to declare "the independence of Tibet" in India. It must also be anticipated that he may incite the Tibetan upper-stratum reactionaries to issue a call for major disturbances in the hope of driving us out, while using his absence as an alibi to shirk responsibility. This is possible, if the worst comes to the worst. I would still be glad even if this bad situation occurred. Our Working Committee and our troops in Tibet must make preparations, build fortifications and store up plenty of food and water. All we have there is only a few soldiers; anyway, each party is free to act as he chooses. If you want to fight, we shall be on our guard; if you make an attack, we shall defend ourselves. We should never attack first but let them do so, and then we shall launch a counter-attack and crush the attackers with relentless blows. Shall I feel aggrieved at the desertion of one Dalai? Not at all, even if you throw in nine more and make it ten Dalais. It was our experience that Chang Kuo-tao's desertion did not turn out to be a bad thing. You cannot bind a man and a woman together to make them husband and wife. When someone stops caring for your place and wants to leave it, just let him go. What harm will his departure do us? None whatsoever. He can't do more than curse us. Our Communist Party has been cursed for thirty-five years. And the curses have been just such hackneyed nonsense as that the Communist Party "is extremely ferocious", "communizes property and women" and "is brutal and inhuman". What difference will it make if a Dalai or anyone else should be added to the number of abusers? If the abusing goes on for another thirty-five years, that will amount to only seventy years. I don't consider it good for a person to be afraid of being abused.

Right: Dalai Lama

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Mao calls Dalai Lama an abuser ... that's classic commie stuff.

 

[Bhadra]

Mao calls Dalai Lama an abuser ... that's classic commie stuff.

You refused my invitation to fight inside Tibet !!

 

[W.G.Ewald]

You refused my invitation to fight inside Tibet !!

After you sir. You go first and send me a postcard with particulars.

 

[Impluseblade]

hehe, that's smart.

After you sir. You go first and send me a postcard with particulars.

 

[farhan_9909]

i heard that tibet people are the most patriotic chinese

and makes up a huge chunk of chinese armed forces

 

[Impluseblade]

&W.G.Ewald, you can buy a "friends of tibet" plate and show your support.

 

[Bhadra]

i heard that tibet people are the most patriotic chinese

and makes up a huge chunk of chinese armed forces

Like the Sindhies, Baloch and Pathans are the most patriotic Pakistanies

Pakistanies are more patriotic Chinese than the Tibatans...

 

[Bhadra]

After you sir. You go first and send me a postcard with particulars.

But I thought it will be together... after all my entry is dependent on friends support. If I go alone Hans will not allow the postcard reach you...

 

[W.G.Ewald]

&W.G.Ewald, you can buy a "friends of tibet" plate and show your support.

I don't do bumper stickers.

 

[ice berg]

Mao calls Dalai Lama an abuser ... that's classic commie stuff.

Who else do you call a child king?

 

[Ray]

One more pogrom and the Tibetans will be set right is what the Han want!

 

[Ray]

Who else do you call a child king?

Mao was the world's ravaging fornicator so said his doctor in his memoirs.

Must have been a pedophile too!

Chinese medicine can create monsters!

 

[Ray]

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Who else do you call a child king?

King Obama.