After the start of reform and opening up, the Chinese central government offered the 14th Dalai Lama an opportunity to repent his way, but he chose to maintain his support for "Tibetan independence," says a white paper issued on Wednesday.
The central government received 13 visits by private representatives of the 14th Dalai Lama between 1979 and 2002, and ten visits from 2002 to January 2010, says the white paper entitled Tibet's Path of Development Is Driven by an Irresistible Historical Tide.
"To the disappointment of the central government, the Dalai Lama has remained committed to his 'middle way,' which runs counter to the Constitution and aims at splitting the country," says the white paper issued by the Information Office of the State Council.
Moreover, he has planned and instigated activities of sabotage, including violent disturbance during the Beijing Olympic Games, violence in Lhasa on March 14, 2008, and incidents of self-immolation, it says.
In 2011, the Dalai Lama announced his "political retirement," followed shortly by the announcement of "resignation" by his private representatives who had kept contact with the central government.
Since then, the Dalai group has declared that it would only talk with the central government in the name of the "government-in-exile," thereby destroying any basis for contacts and negotiation, which have now been halted, according to the white paper.
Over the past 30 years and more, the Dalai Lama and his supporters have adjusted and altered their strategies along with changes in the national and international situation, it says.
"They have unilaterally broken off contacts and negotiation with the central government on several occasions," it says.
"When they thought the situation was working to their disadvantage, they would call for contacts with the central government; when they thought the situation was in their favor, they would break off these contacts," it added.
"None of the negotiations were conducted in good faith - it was always the intention of the Dalai Lama and his supporters to divide China and achieve independence for Tibet," the white paper says.
