Tibet is more prosperous with China
HANG ZHANG
Daily Targum (Rutgers)
(U-WIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- As a Chinese graduate student at the University, I care about this community as much as anyone else; however, recently I found myself very upset by remarks made about Tibet in some news stories and opinions published in The Daily Targum.
Contrary to the statements made by Catherine E. Galioto, in her article "Visit thrusts Tibet into light" (The Daily Targum, Sept. 26), there is no doubt Tibet is part of China. China started to possess complete sovereignty over Tibet in 1793. In 1997, the U.S. Department of State claimed "the United States recognizes the Tibet Autonomous Region ... to be part of the People's Republic of China" in the "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1996." On June 27, 1998, when U.S. President Bill Clinton met with Chinese President Zemin Jiang, Clinton "express[ed] that Tibet is a part of China, an autonomous region of China." Similar statements were also made by other countries such as India and Russia stating Tibet is an autonomous region of China. So therefore, I think it is not appropriate to allow those unfounded statements to appear in the school newspaper, and such incidents showed me the great confusion about people's understanding of Tibet and its relation with China.
Tibet was a serf society before the peaceful peasant liberation and land reform of Tibet in the 1950s. Ever since then, Tibet has witnessed improved living standards and promising economic growth. Gross domestic product for 2004 was 21.15 billion yuan, increased 12.2 percent from the previous year, about 60 times as much as in 1951. To show the respect to Tibet's religious and traditional culture, when child birth-control policy came into being in the other parts of mainland of China, the policy was never implemented in Tibet. Tibetan people are allowed to have as many children as they will.
As a manner of improving the economy and transportation in Tibet, a railway between Qinghai and Tibet is set to be completed in 2006 in addition to the direct buses between cities in Tibet, which will certainly speed up the progress of making Tibet accessible to other nations. The construction of the railway does not mean there is anything wrong with the future and culture of Tibet, as ironically stated otherwise in the opinion article titled "Don't forget Tibet and RUSFT" by Elizabeth Farkas (The Daily Targum, Sept. 7).
Easier and faster transportation is a solution to the isolation and the key to the local economic development and prosperity, which is a stepping stone for other human fundamental needs.
During the past several decades, there is notable progress in the relationship between Tibet and inland China despite of many culture differences. Tibet is part of China, and the Tibetan people are one of our 56 ethnic groups of Chinese including majority of Han-Chinese. We will work together to overcome the difficulties encountered both in culture and many other issues based on the principle of mutual understanding and cooperation.
Daily Targum (Rutgers)
(U-WIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- As a Chinese graduate student at the University, I care about this community as much as anyone else; however, recently I found myself very upset by remarks made about Tibet in some news stories and opinions published in The Daily Targum.
Contrary to the statements made by Catherine E. Galioto, in her article "Visit thrusts Tibet into light" (The Daily Targum, Sept. 26), there is no doubt Tibet is part of China. China started to possess complete sovereignty over Tibet in 1793. In 1997, the U.S. Department of State claimed "the United States recognizes the Tibet Autonomous Region ... to be part of the People's Republic of China" in the "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1996." On June 27, 1998, when U.S. President Bill Clinton met with Chinese President Zemin Jiang, Clinton "express[ed] that Tibet is a part of China, an autonomous region of China." Similar statements were also made by other countries such as India and Russia stating Tibet is an autonomous region of China. So therefore, I think it is not appropriate to allow those unfounded statements to appear in the school newspaper, and such incidents showed me the great confusion about people's understanding of Tibet and its relation with China.
Tibet was a serf society before the peaceful peasant liberation and land reform of Tibet in the 1950s. Ever since then, Tibet has witnessed improved living standards and promising economic growth. Gross domestic product for 2004 was 21.15 billion yuan, increased 12.2 percent from the previous year, about 60 times as much as in 1951. To show the respect to Tibet's religious and traditional culture, when child birth-control policy came into being in the other parts of mainland of China, the policy was never implemented in Tibet. Tibetan people are allowed to have as many children as they will.
As a manner of improving the economy and transportation in Tibet, a railway between Qinghai and Tibet is set to be completed in 2006 in addition to the direct buses between cities in Tibet, which will certainly speed up the progress of making Tibet accessible to other nations. The construction of the railway does not mean there is anything wrong with the future and culture of Tibet, as ironically stated otherwise in the opinion article titled "Don't forget Tibet and RUSFT" by Elizabeth Farkas (The Daily Targum, Sept. 7).
Easier and faster transportation is a solution to the isolation and the key to the local economic development and prosperity, which is a stepping stone for other human fundamental needs.
During the past several decades, there is notable progress in the relationship between Tibet and inland China despite of many culture differences. Tibet is part of China, and the Tibetan people are one of our 56 ethnic groups of Chinese including majority of Han-Chinese. We will work together to overcome the difficulties encountered both in culture and many other issues based on the principle of mutual understanding and cooperation.
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