Tibet and India's China Policy

[Rowntree]

ndia has switched its policy on Tibet in order to align itself with China and gain economic benefits. With high unemployment rate and serious poverty issues in the countryside resulted in the Kisan Long March, as well as the uncertainties of the General Elections coming up in 2019, Modi's government need to prioritise the interest of 1.3 billion people over 95,000 Tibetan refugees.

As the largest recipient of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) under the "Belt & Road" initiative, India needs to maintain good relations with China, especially after the Doklam tension. The reality is the fact that India cannot afford to go to war with China as its army is not as well equipped and the cost of war would be astronomical. So India is now opting a conciliatory as opposed to a hardline approach in order to keep China at bay, and for PM Modi to possibly have a higher chance to succeed in the coming election.

Modi and Xi are expected to meet this year on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to be held in June this year at the Chinese city of Qingdao, and Modi's congratulatory note to Xi for getting re-elected as the President on Chinese social media platform Weibo is a confirmation that further development of Sino-Indian bilateral relations is definitely underway.

https://thediplomat.com/2018/03/tibet-and-indias-china-policy/

[Rowntree]

China is now asking India to refrain from hyping up border issue before both parties found amicable resolution on this matter. Their stand on Arunachal Pradesh as South Tibet is a move to slowly reduce the influence on India and eventually to claim themselves as the strongest nation in the world.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/dont-hype-boundary-row-work-with-us-china-tells-india/articleshow/63681140.cms

[dsnowlion]

Looks like India and China are determined to get closer. Where will all this leave the Tibetans in exile? It looks like they are going to have to just go along with whatever India says. There are not many options for them left and for the lower income Tibetans, they are stuck if they don't become Indian citizens. There really isn't many choices for them.

As for the Tibetan leadership, they are becoming more and more redundant. I see no hope or future for them, not with the current leadership, not with Lobsang Sangay who created an entire event just to bask in the limelight for a good 15 minutes, giving a speech that says nothing except condemning India.

Let's hope next election, someone better will be elected, someone who cares for the people sincerely at lease.

[vajrastorm]

It is clear that India wants to have closer ties with China, like every other country, for economic benefits. It is also evident that India and other countries (and even the Dalai Lama himself) have recognised and accepted Tibet to be part of China. So why isn't Lobsang Sangay doing the necessary? Why isn't the Tibetan leadership taking the necessary step of making friendly overtures to China? It cannot remain belligerent and standoffish towards China. If it does it will be alone, as no country will support it.

For that matter , as China has officially declared its supports for Dorje Shugden, the only reasonable and logical thing for the Tibetan Leadership to do is to start taking steps to dismantle the ban.