關於西藏的新聞，在DC的外交官報看到的，剪下來看看。他那邊需要實習生嗎？我去問問看好了，說不定可以去實習。
Dalai Lama’s Special Envoy
Strives for Tibetan Autonomy
by John Shaw
As the special envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari has two distinct but related responsibilities. First, he has been designated by the Dalai Lama to lead the Tibetan delegation in the difficult, high-stakes negotiations with the Chinese leadership about the future of Tibet.
And as executive chairman of the board for the International Campaign for Tibet, an independent Washington-based human rights advocacy group, Gyari is trying to broaden and deepen international support for the Tibetan cause.
In an interview at his office in Dupont Circle, Gyari said he receives support and encouragement from the Dalai Lama, who is keenly interested in both projects and views them as part of a comprehensive strategy to achieve autonomy for Tibet within China.
“I believe in this process as the best solution for the Tibetan people. I believe this is a historic opportunity for the Tibetan people because we have the right leader and the right circumstances,” Gyari said. “If the leadership in Beijing has the political will, I believe the differences can be resolved. From one angle, the gap we’re trying to bridge may seem too vast. But from another angle, it may not only be bridgeable, but not that far to bridge. The Dalai Lama looks at it from that angle and believes it is achievable. He is a very practical, far-sighted man.”
Gyari said that neither he nor the Dalai Lama expected the current round of negotiations with Chinese leaders, which resumed in 2002, to be easy. “We knew it would be difficult. His Holiness did not expect me and my delegation to go to China for four or five trips and return with an agreement. We are still willing to spend a lot of time and energy. But it is now high time to deliver some substantive result,” Gyari said. “On that goal, I have not delivered for His Holiness and my fellow Tibetans. And my Chinese friends have not been much help. I’m eagerly awaiting the next round of talks.”
Calm, soft-spoken and resolute, Gyari said his love for the people of Tibet and his respect for the Dalai Lama keep him tightly focused and utterly determined in his work (see also Nov. 17, 2005, column of the Diplomatic Pouch).
“It would be irresponsible of me to do many other things. I should not treat this work as part time, because on this task, which was given to me by His Holiness, hinges the future of the Tibetan people and this great and wonderful civilization that has so much to offer everyone,” he said.
Gyari was born in 1949 to a nomadic family in Nyarong, Tibet, where he received a traditional monastic education after being recognized as a reincarnated lama. His parents were involved in the resistance against the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950. In 1959, following the escape of the Dalai Lama from Tibet, Gyari’s family fled into exile in India.
Gyari vividly recalled fleeing his home under the cover of darkness and in the midst of a snowstorm. His party was pursued by Chinese troops and he witnessed several violent gun battles. On two occasions, men riding ahead of him were shot and tumbled from their horses to the ground.
Once Gyari’s group reached central Tibet, they completed the final phase of their journey on foot across the Himalayas. He remembered arriving in Tawang, India, with only one shoe.
Although he has been away from Tibet physically for most of his life, Gyari’s native land rarely leaves his thoughts. A leader of the Tibetan exile community for several decades, Gyari served as editor for the Tibetan Freedom Press and founded the Tibetan Review, the first English-language journal published by Tibetans in exile.
He was also one of the founding members of the Tibetan Youth Congress, an organization of more than 10,000 members advocating the independence of Tibet. He served as president of the congress in 1975, and later was elected to the Assembly of Tibetan People’s Deputies, the Tibetan Parliament in exile, eventually becoming its chairman. He then served as deputy cabinet minister with responsibilities under the Council for Religious Affairs and the Department of Health, as well as senior cabinet minister for the Department of Information and International Relations in 1988, serving in effect as foreign minister.
Gyari speaks with respect and affection for the people of Tibet, but also with palpable sadness about their harsh fate. He said the death of his father several years ago underscored the suffering of thousands of Tibetans who have been separated from their homeland over the past half century. “For some time after my father died I felt so much bitterness. What was my father’s crime? That he was a Tibetan? Is that a crime?”
With an average elevation of 14,000 feet, Tibet is the highest country on earth. Five of Asia’s major rivers have their headwaters in Tibet, and nearly half of the world’s population lives downstream.
For centuries, Tibet—a vast, high-altitude plateau between China and India—was isolated from the rest of the world. It had a widely dispersed population of nomads, farmers, monks and traders. It also had its own national flag, its own currency, and a distinct culture and religion.
http://www.washdiplomat.com/November%202006/a1_11_06.html
