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The Middle Way Approach - A Solution for the Tibetan Issue / Tseten Samdup Chhoekyapafundamental human rights and freedoms of the Tibetan people, including the rightto self-determination, and respect for their distinctive cultural and religious lives.Tibet todayTibet today is going through one of the most difficult periods in her history.The Chinese government is implementing policies that destroy the religion,culture, language and way of life.In March 2008, a new generation of Tibetans -monks, nuns, students, laypeople,and students- rose up against China’s 49 years of repression and discrimination.The peaceful protests were brutally crushed. Over 200 Tibetans were killed andmore than 6,500 Tibetans were detained or arrested. It is certain that the totalfigures may be far greater than reported. Last year two Tibetans were executedand many sentenced to life imprisonment. Since spring 2008, Tibetans continueto remain in detention or serving prison sentences.Since the pan-Tibet protests in the spring of 2008, the Tibetan areas thatwere incorporated into the Sichuan province have clearly become the focal pointfor the whole of present-day Tibet. Thus, in the recent past, the focus of politicalactivities has shifted from the TAR. The current crisis in Tibet is a manifestationof decades of Chinese repression - human rights violations, as well as the culturaland political discrimination of the Tibetan people.Tanks and helicopters, including elite units of the People’s Liberation Army,were involved in the crackdown on Tibetan protesters. The new T-90 armoredpersonnel carriers and T-92 wheeled armored vehicles were deployed on thestreets of Lhasa.An article on Tibet in the February 4, 2010 issue of The Economist said: “It isstill repression, not development, that keeps Tibet stable.” The spirit of Tibetansinside Tibet, despite over 50 to 60 years of Chinese occupation, is far greater andstronger than those in exile.Population transfer and ethnic discrimination is rifeBeijing’s policies of en masse immigration of Han Chinese into Tibet and itspolitical reliance on Han Chinese chauvinism have exacerbated tensions between373