Posted on Mar 10, 2021
Should the Chinese Government have any role to play in the succession process of the Dalai Lama?
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"We believe that the Chinese government should have no role in the succession process of the Dalai Lama", said Ned Price for the U.S. State Department. "The interference in the succession process 25 years ago, including the disappearance of the Panchen Lama by the PRC as a child and then, attempting to replace him with a government-chosen successor is an outrageous abuse of religious freedom", he added.
History
The 14th Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959 with supporters amid growing Chinese repression. The Dalai Lama continues to live in exile today.
Human Rights activists claim China tramples on religious freedom and Tibetan culture ever since the PLA intervened in the region in 1950.
In 1913, the 13th Dalai Lama had asserted Tibetan independence in his "Proclamation of Independence".
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation 392-22 called "Tibetan Policy and Support Act", in which the United States will impose sanctions against officials who directly interfere in the selection process of the 15th Dalai Lama of Tibetan Buddhism.
What are your thoughts on this subject?act
History
The 14th Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959 with supporters amid growing Chinese repression. The Dalai Lama continues to live in exile today.
Human Rights activists claim China tramples on religious freedom and Tibetan culture ever since the PLA intervened in the region in 1950.
In 1913, the 13th Dalai Lama had asserted Tibetan independence in his "Proclamation of Independence".
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation 392-22 called "Tibetan Policy and Support Act", in which the United States will impose sanctions against officials who directly interfere in the selection process of the 15th Dalai Lama of Tibetan Buddhism.
What are your thoughts on this subject?act
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We, as a nation, can not right every wrong. If the politicians want to impose sanctions and take positions as a statement of our collective position, that is their function. Using our military is another question.
We can look on both historical and more contemporary situations where the world should have taken action sooner (WWII) or should have avoided trying to correct wrongs, but that doesn't mean that our nation should commit to resolving wrongs unilaterally.
We can look on both historical and more contemporary situations where the world should have taken action sooner (WWII) or should have avoided trying to correct wrongs, but that doesn't mean that our nation should commit to resolving wrongs unilaterally.
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CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
China is an authoritarian regime, yet it is not dictatorship. Xi Jingping's rise to Premiership for life is the outcome of pressure upon the politburo Xi Jingping commands. Like Russia, Putin has been given a life time position too. It is only in democracies, where leadership is limited to avoid dictatorships and authoritarianism to develop. Trump was as authoritarian who wanted to change legislation to allow presidential terms till the sitting President decides to retire from office. This could easily develop into a family-dominated regime and wipeout our democratic process of elections, SFC Randy Hellenbrand.
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