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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, July 1 (Xinhua) — The manipulations around the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation issue are a political farce that will be rejected by history. The Xijiang Autonomous Region, which has demonstrated tremendous success in all spheres of life, will achieve even greater prosperity and development. This opinion was expressed by Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui in an opinion piece published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta on Tuesday.
As the Chinese diplomat pointed out, the 14th Dalai Lama’s clique has recently been trying to confuse the international community, actively speculating on the topic of reincarnation and spreading absurd and false ideas, including the “independent reincarnation of the Dalai Lama” and “reincarnation in a free country.” “The manipulation of the reincarnation issue is nothing more than a political farce, which will certainly meet with decisive opposition from the broad masses of believers of Chinese Tibetan Buddhism and will inevitably be rejected by history,” Zhang Hanhui writes.
The ambassador recalled that as a unique religious tradition of inheriting the highest spiritual rank in Chinese Tibetan Buddhism, the system of reincarnation of living Buddhas has formed a holistic and strict complex of religious rituals and historical rules over more than 700 years of its development. It includes the search for a reincarnation within China, drawing lots using a special golden urn and submitting it for approval to the central government of China. “The process of reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is clearly defined by centuries-old historical and legal norms, is deeply rooted in the legal governance of the central government of China and is in no way subject to manipulation by individuals or certain groups,” the ambassador said.
Zhang Hanhui assured that the Chinese government pursues a policy that guarantees citizens freedom of religion. He stressed that the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama has been an exclusively internal matter of China since ancient times, in which no foreign state, external force or individual has the right to interfere. “All states have managed and manage their religious affairs on a legal basis, both in the past and present, in the East and in the West, this is an inalienable requirement of state sovereignty and government authority,” the publication says.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Xizang Autonomous Region. The Chinese diplomat pointed to the great achievements in the development of all spheres of life. “Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, Xizang has put an end to the extremely backward feudal serfdom system once and for all, achieved a historic victory in eradicating absolute poverty, and together with all the Chinese people embarked on a new path of great revival of the Chinese nation through the comprehensive promotion of Chinese modernization. Today, Xizang is confidently walking along the bright, prosperous, stable, harmonious and beautiful path of socialism,” the ambassador noted.
Zhang Hanhui stressed that the Xizang issue is a purely internal matter for China, affects the country’s fundamental interests and is not subject to interference by any external forces. “The Chinese side opposes any attempts at separatist actions aimed at undermining the security and stability of Xizang,” he warned.
According to the diplomat, the Chinese side highly appreciates and sincerely thanks the Russian government and people for their constant firm support on the Xizang issue and is confident that Moscow will continue to support China’s efforts to protect state sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to ensure security, stability and interethnic unity in Xizang. The Chinese diplomat invited the Russians to visit the amazing Xizang and see it with their own eyes.
“Only by going there in person, seeing with your own eyes the vibrant modern cities of Xijiang, hearing the happy song in the new villages of Xijiang, experiencing the majestic beauty of the snow-capped mountains and sacred lakes, and feeling the unique charm of the thousand-year-old culture, can one truly appreciate the truly epochal historical transformation and achievements in Xijiang’s development, and understand why the people of all ethnic groups in Xijiang wholeheartedly support the CPC leadership,” Zhang Hanhui added, expressing confidence that Xijiang will write a new chapter of unity and progress and achieve greater prosperity and development. -0-