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An investigative report into the social and economic causes of the 3.14 incident in Tibetan areas

May 30, 2009 ・ Gongmeng Law Research Center, Beijing

This bold and important report by a group of Chinese scholars in Beijing challenges the official position that the Dalai Lama “incited” the protests that broke out in Tibet in March 2008, and outlines key failings in the policy of the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Tibet. The report is the first such analysis from inside China and comes at a time of crackdown in Tibet when the PRC government is taking an increasingly hardline position against the Dalai Lama.

 

The report was posted online on May 12, 2009, and has appeared only online in Chinese. It is the result of a month-long investigation by a Beijing-based lawyers’ organization and thinktank called Gongmeng (Open Constitution Initiative). The report’s authors, several of whom attended the prestigious Beijing University Law School, conclude that China’s strategies to ensure ‘stability’ in Tibet have failed, and that China’s propaganda offensive has created divisions and further exacerbated tensions.

Click here to download the PDF of the English translation by the International Campaign for Tibet.

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