달라이 라마..

Yesterday "His Holiness", the "Dalai Lama" - aka the "GodKing" - finished his 33rd visit (in the last 30 years!!) in Germany(*).

And everywhere, where he was asked about the "Tibetan Future" he said that he only wants "real autonomy" for his "HomeLand"..

Short before his visit in Germany he gave a interview to the German leading (bourgeois) magazine Der Spiegel(5.12), were he concretized what he really means: "The Dalai Lama has called for extensive autonomy for a Greater Tibet, which includes both the current Autonomous Region and large parts of the provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu and Yunnan, or close to a quarter of the landmass of the People's Republic" (**).

Yesterday Professor E. Sandschneider (German Council on Foreign Relations/DGAP, a conservative bourgeois, but "serious" think tank) said in a interview with the German Phoenix TV that "Abviously the Dalai Lama is demanding religious and cultural autonomy for Tibet. But in fact, sooner or later they will demand the complete independence from China for 'Greater Tibet'."

Well, always the "Dalai Lama" is welcoming the (technically and economically) development in Tibet by China.. But what will be happen when the Dalai Lama has the opinion that's now enough with development (Made in China)..?

* In four cities he held lectures in front of about 20,000 people. Alone in the Bavarian city Bamberg he (or his office, the so-called "Tibetan Gov't in Exile") collected at least 250,000 Euro (300,000,000 won) as entrance fee...
The topic of the lectures: "Human Rights and Globalization". But finally content of the lectures was complete "empty", so every-one of the audience - green "alternatives", extreme right-wing "human-right" activists, parts of the ruling (bourgeois) class - were able to agree totally with "His Holiness's" explanations, according to a regional independent news service in Bavaria.

The "GodKing's" last station in Germany was a "Solidarity Rally" yesterday afternoon in Berlin in front of the Brandenburg Gate. The motto of the rally: "Freedom! Germany for Tibet. Tibet for the World".. And 20,000 friends of the Tibetan independence/fans of the "Dalai Lama"/part-time buddhists joined the event and celebrated his performance.. Of course also there his speech was so empty that every-one could agree with him: "Peace, peace and once again peace!!!"

** The population of this provinces: about 150,000,000 people (among the Han majority many other "national" minorities, such as Hui, Miao, Yi..)! But there are "only" 6 Million Tibetans in this area!!

☞ 'I Pray for China's Leadership' (Spiegel/interview, 5.12)

☞ Romantik und Realität (Tagesspiegel, 5.19)

☞ In Deutschland wird der Dalai Lama zum Popstar (Die Welt, 5.18)

☞ Wolkenkuckucksheim am Himalaya (Jungle World, 5.15)

☞ Besetzt oder befreit? (J. Welt, 5.17)

☞ It was no Shangri-La (Workers World News Service)