The United States and China in Power Transition - Strategic Studies ...

Deputy Director of the CCP’s Central United
Front Work Department (中共中央统战部常务
副部长) and key figure in charge of the talks
with the Dalai Lama’s representatives.
— Chinese leaders deny the existence of a “Tibet
Question,” claiming that Tibet has always
been China’s territory and there is no
room for its separation. They therefore insist
that the Dalai Lama accept this position
and “correct his mistake in pursuing Tibet
independence and continuing to advocate
the position that Tibet was an independent
country prior to the Chinese occupation as
stated in his Five-Point Peace Plan and other
documents.” 183
— Chinese leaders denounce the Tibetan Government-in-Exile,
asserting that no other nation
in the world recognizes its legitimacy.
China therefore refuses to hold talks with
this organization.
— Chinese leaders accept, however, that there
is a “Dalai Lama Question”; it is about his
return to China or the continuation of “his
self-imposed exile” abroad. Chinese dialogue
with the Dalai Lama therefore is always
about the terms for his return and with
his personal or private representatives, but
not representatives of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile.
— Chinese leaders reject the Dalai Lama’s plan
for the future of Tibet. First, they charge that
the Dalai Lama is asking for too much territory
beyond the current confines of the Tibet
Autonomous Region to build his “Greater
Tibet Peace Zone.” Second, they repudiate
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