Official: Dalai Lama "stubborn in talks, not true to his word"

The Dalai Lama has been assuming an image of non-violence on many international occasions. With the placard of "non-violence" in hand, he on the other hand turned a blind eye to violent activities, the official said.

"Many people died in the March 14 Lhasa riot, and he called it a peaceful protest and said he wouldn't ask Tibetans to stop. Was it the so-called non-violence and wasn't he inciting violence? " Zhu questioned.

The official said the central government had shown tolerance and patience toward the Dalai Lama over the years of contacts and talks.

In 1959, the Dalai Lama fled abroad after a failed armed rebellion, and then declared he would seek Tibet independence. At the beginning of the 1960s, he and his followers, with foreign support and armed with foreign weapons, harassed the Chinese border for 10 years. He then said he wanted to stop "Tibet independence" at the beginning of the 1980s, and the central government immediately contacted with him and invited those close to him back to China for talks and visits for 20 times, Zhu said.

However, he wrongly assessed the situation at the beginning of the 1990s and declared he wouldn't talk with "a regime that would soon collapse," and stopped contact with the central government in 1993. Their expectations failed to deliver and they then proposed for contacts again. So starting 2002, the central government began to talk with them again, Zhu said.

"The process shows that the central government has been lenient and expected the Dalai Lama to choose the right path," Zhu said, "our door remains open as always."

Editor:Liu Anqi