Tibet chief looks to the future
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March 8, 2010, Monday
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THE chairman of Tibet said yesterday that only socialism can save the remote region and guarantee its development.
Padma Choling also said the Dalai Lama was the mastermind of a separatist group and the source of instability of Tibet.
"The main source of instability in Tibet is the Dalai Lama, and it is also he who causes trouble for Tibet's economic development and socio-economic progress," the chairman told a press conference on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the National People's Congress in Beijing.
The Dalai Lama's lies to the world and media had adversely affected the development of Tibet, he said.
"But I have to say, we are not the least bit scared ... as all the peoples of Tibet have already clearly realized that only the Chinese Communist Party and socialism can save Tibet, and only then can Tibet develop," he said.
According to Qiangba Puncog, chairman of the Tibet People's Congress, Tibet witnessed its fastest development in the history in the past eight years in the region's social and economic undertakings such as economic growth, people's well-being, infrastructure improvement, environmental protection and education.
The region scored an average gross domestic product growth rate of 12.3 percent over the past eight years, and was targeting another 12 percent increase this year, he told reporters.
The region would improve its infrastructure and public services to cater to the tourist boom, said Padma Choling, who added that Tibet received 5.61 million tourists last year, compared with 2.2 million in 2008.
Padma Choling also said the Dalai Lama was the mastermind of a separatist group and the source of instability of Tibet.
"The main source of instability in Tibet is the Dalai Lama, and it is also he who causes trouble for Tibet's economic development and socio-economic progress," the chairman told a press conference on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the National People's Congress in Beijing.
The Dalai Lama's lies to the world and media had adversely affected the development of Tibet, he said.
"But I have to say, we are not the least bit scared ... as all the peoples of Tibet have already clearly realized that only the Chinese Communist Party and socialism can save Tibet, and only then can Tibet develop," he said.
According to Qiangba Puncog, chairman of the Tibet People's Congress, Tibet witnessed its fastest development in the history in the past eight years in the region's social and economic undertakings such as economic growth, people's well-being, infrastructure improvement, environmental protection and education.
The region scored an average gross domestic product growth rate of 12.3 percent over the past eight years, and was targeting another 12 percent increase this year, he told reporters.
The region would improve its infrastructure and public services to cater to the tourist boom, said Padma Choling, who added that Tibet received 5.61 million tourists last year, compared with 2.2 million in 2008.
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