China's White Paper on Tibet and the Dalai Lama

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Simon Denyer, Rapprochement with the Dalai Lama? No Way, Says China. Washington Post, Apr 17, 2015.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/rap ... e6aff1fa_story.html

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"In a fiercely worded white paper on Tibet released Wednesday [Apr 15], China also demanded that Tibet’s exiled religious leader publicly acknowledge that the region has been part of China 'since antiquity,' something that scholars say is neither true nor a condition that the Dalai Lama could possibly accept.

"In October, the 79-year-old Dalai Lama told The Washington Post that informal talks were taking place with the Chinese government over his possible return to his homeland, if only for a visit, and he praised President Xi Jinping as a realist. Other media reports suggested that moderate elements within the Chinese leadership might be exploring the possibility of a rapprochement. But many scholars were skeptical at the time

"In previous white papers, the government has insisted that the Dalai Lama acknowledge that Tibet is an inalienable part of China. Now it wants him to say it has been one 'since antiquity.'