中国数字时代：关于西藏的对话-过去，现在和将来

杨威利

原文标题：Dialogue on Tibet: Past, Present and Future
原文登载：http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/03/dialogue-on-tibet-past-present-and-future/
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While those at the polar ends of the Tibet debate may see it as a black and white issue, a few efforts have been made recently to show the complexity of the problems involved. China Pictorial, an official travel and photography magazine, reports on a conference recently held in Beijing to discuss the status and history of Tibet, attended by several China-based Tibet scholars and researchers and foreign journalists. The participants’ responses have been edited by China Pictorialid the Tibetan people enjoy democracy and freedom when the region was ruled by Dalai Lamas? Is it true, what some say, that China carries out “cultural genocide” in Tibet? Does Tibet need to develop and realize modernization?

In the past, in China, such questions were seldom discussed in public forums. Recently, however, hosted by the Tsinghua International Center for Communication Studies (TICCS) in Beijing, an in-depth discussion on issues concerning Tibet’s politics, history, religion, economy and culture was carried out among Tibetan scholars and Western journalists at an academic workshop entitled “An Intellectual Dialogue on Tibet: Present and Past.” The viewpoints exchanged during the academic workshop tangibly represent a real dialogue among Chinese and Western media, as well as a positive discourse within academic circles. Such forums will present to the world a more complete picture of Tibet issues, so as to settle disputes and strengthen mutual understanding.

In Foreign Policy Magazine, in an article titled “China’s West Bank?”, Alex Pasternack writes about ethnic tensions between Tibetans and Han Chinese, and acknowledges a subtle shift in tone on the issue from the Tibet government:
Last week, as Chinese police fanned out across the Tibetan plateau, the chairman of Tibet’s government made a hushed departure from the official line on the unrest that erupted into violence there last year.

“There were all kinds of people, some of whom weren’t satisfied with our policies, or had opinions about them, or because our government work hadn’t been fully completed,” Qiangba Puncog told reporters at the National People’s Congress annual meeting in Beijing, veering from the government’s oft cited condemnation of the Dalai Lama and his “splittist” clique. “Not everyone was a splittist.”
If it was the conference’s most obvious and extreme understatement, it was also a rare public sign that Beijing grasps some of the complexity of its Tibetan quagmire.

But this brief burst of enlightenment may not amount to much. Against the backdrop of the 50th anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule — and as a raft of other ominous anniversaries loom in a year of economic hardship — government officials are marching on a tightrope that could snap at any moment.

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关于西藏的对话-过去，现在和将来

过去关于西藏问题，人们通常把它简单的看成是一个黑与白的两极化问题，但是近期的一些努力表明，这一问题十分复杂。中国画报，一份官方性的旅游和摄影杂志，报道了近期在北京举行的，关于西藏状况和历史的一次会议。一些中国的西藏问题专家学者和西方的新闻记者参加了这一会议

以下是中国画报列举的与会者的一些问题：
1.当西藏处于达赖喇嘛的控制下的时候，西藏人民拥有民主和自由么？
2.一些人说，中国在西藏进行“文化灭绝”，这是真的么？
3.西藏需要开发和实现现代化么？

在过去，在中国，这样的问题很少会在公众场合被讨论。但是现在，在新华社举办的被称为“关于西藏问题的理性讨论：现在和过去”的研讨会上，与会的西藏问题专家和西方记者就西藏的政治，历史，宗教，经济和文化等方面进行了深入地讨论。双方的观点被坦率的进行讨论，就像是一次在学术圈里的积极的讨论一样。如此的讨论将会带给世界一个关于西藏的更全面得形象，并且达到平息纠纷和加强互相谅解。

在对外政策杂志上，ALex Pasternack在他题为“中国西部地区”的文章中，描述了藏族和汉族之间的种族矛盾，以及西藏政府在对外宣传上的一些微妙变化：

上周，当中国警察遍布青藏高原的时候，西藏政府主席对于去年那场升级为暴乱的动荡的看法暗中偏离了官方口径:

“那儿有着各种各样的人，一些不满于我们的政策或者有意见，或者由于我们的工作没有做好。”Qiangba Puncog在人大代表会上作报告，与官方通常宣称“达赖和其分裂主义追随者”的论调不同，他说：“不是每个人都是分裂主义者。”

就算这是会议上最保守的陈述，它也是一个稀有的标志：政府开始了解其在西藏的艰难处境的复杂性。

但是这一爆炸性的报告也不代表很多。在对抗中国统治的西藏起义失败５０周年纪念和经济危机悄悄到来的背景下，中国政府正行走在一条随时可能断掉的绷紧的钢丝上。

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