Xi Jingping Speaking in Lhasa

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Xi Jingping Speaking in Lhasa

Chinese Vice President Xi Jingping, the man who is expected to succeed Hu Jintao in 2013 as the president of the country, made a very corrosive affirmation on Tuesday, saying that China would “smash” anyone who would want to destabilize Tibet.

Speaking in Lhasa, capital of former independent Tibet, in front of the Potala Palace, the traditional seat of the Dalai Lama, where he participates in the 60th anniversary of taking over Tibet by the Communist republic, Jingping pledged to fight all separatist activities in Tibet linked to the Dalai Lama.

By this violent threat, Jingping suggests that he will not stray from the path of his predecessors in treating the Dalai Lama as a “splittist” and threatening to take action against whoever shares his vision of an autonomous Tibet.

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The affirmations of the vice president come at a time when the relations between China and the United States are at odds, after the Obama administration decided to meet with Dalai Lama who participated in Washington to a 11-day Buddhist ritual.

China was very critical of White House’s decision and restated that Tibet has always been a part of China and that 60 years ago the Communist regime brought civilization and economic growth to the impoverished Tibet.

However, many people in Tibet protest against the suppression of freedom of speech and of their culture and religion, and against the Chinese policy which is encouraging the immigration of the Han Chinese to the region.

Dalai Lama, who left Tibet in 1959, made different allegations about Tibet advocating more freedoms for Tibetans, not necessarily independence.

Xi said that China should thoroughly fight against “Dalai Lama clique” and rely on all ethnic groups. He added that without the Chinese Communist Party there should be no new Tibet, nor new China.

Xi’s speech comes as a surprise because little is known about his political views, as the custom demands that the leaders-in-waiting in the Communist Party do not deliver major speeches before the run-ups for the election.

The situation in China is expected to change when the new leadership takes office in 2013, and many improvements in human rights observance be done by the new leaders, who are expected to open China to a new era, when its economic growth and geo-strategic interests should make it a world power.

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