Face up to history, change political views: China to Dalai

China today rejected the Dalai Lama’s criticism of the strategic Qinghai-Tibet railway and asked him to “face up to history” and do the “right” things in his lifetime that will benefit the Tibetan people.

China today rejected the Dalai Lama’s criticism of the strategic Qinghai-Tibet railway and asked him to “face up to history” and do the “right” things in his lifetime that will benefit the Tibetan people.

“We hope the Dalai Lama can face up to history and make right judgement according to the times and review his basic political propositions so as to make right actions so as to do more things that are conducive to the Tibetan people in his life,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said.

Gang was responding to comments made by the Dalai Lama on Saturday on the occasion of the 48th anniversary of the Tibetan “uprising” against Chinese rule, where he criticised the railway line to Tibet.

“The Dalai Lama been on exile abroad, engaging in activities undermining the unity of the motherland,” he said on the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner.

The Dalai Lama had slammed China for opening the railways to link Tibet with easterm part of China, saying it had led to more outsiders flooding the region.

“Regardless of the development of Tibet, the Dalai Lama sticks to his wrong political ideas,” Qin said, implying that the fast-aging Tibetan Buddhist was wrong in seeking “Tibetan independence.”

“During the past 50 years, Tibet has made great progress in political, economic and social undertakings, which is recognised by all,” he said.

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According to reports, the Dalai Lama had said that there was nothing wrong with infrastructure development of the deeply poor region.