Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A390-O118

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A390-O118

Release Date: July 23, 2008

发布日：2008年7月23日

Topic: Wei Jingsheng Meets His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Madison, Wisconsin, USA

标题：魏京生与达赖喇嘛在威斯康星州首府麦迪森市会见

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Wei Jingsheng Meets His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Madison, Wisconsin, USA

On July 22, 2008, Wei Jingsheng, the Chairman of the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition, and Huang Ciping, the Secretary-General of the OCDC, went to Madison, Wisconsin, and met with the Dalai Lama, who was there teaching.

At the beginning of the meeting, Mr. Wei pointed out that the recent Beijing trip of the Tibetan representatives has been a failure without any result of substance -- to go to Beijing without any sincerity from the Chinese Communist Party could only help Hu Jintao. As a matter of fact, the Chinese government does not admit that the Beijing trip was a dialogue, but only claimed it was to the American and French governments, thus cheating the presidents of both countries to make their decisions to attend the Beijing Olympics.

The Dalai Lama said that he was very disappointed in the Chinese government that lacked the sincerity of dialogue; he even questioned if the "Middle-Way" was a mistake. He was also very disappointed that many Han Chinese do not understand his sincerity, that the Chinese government's propaganda distorted his stand, as well as confused the Chinese people. He asked Mr. Wei as how to solve this problem.

Mr. Wei stated first that the Han Chinese have been sympathetic to the Tibetans' struggle for freedom, that a small group of overseas Chinese students' fanaticism resulted from the false propaganda of the Chinese Communist Party, and as a matter of fact, was organized by the Party, and does not represent the majority of Han Chinese. The Middle-Way approach was not false, but we should maintain our sincerity to the Chinese people, not the Chinese Communist Party. We should let more Han Chinese know the real situation in Tibet, and the real wish of the Tibetans.

Both sides agreed that both should enhance cooperation and communication, because a lack of communication could cause us to make mistakes, and be used by the Chinese Communist extremists. The democratization of the whole Chinese could likely be started from the changes in Tibet, yet Tibet can not be successful alone -- only when all the people work together to make the wholesome changes, shall there be the possibility of solving the problems for all the parties. Both sides decided to increase their activities together, to increase the knowledge of people both inside and outside China. They agreed that to break the rumors fabricated by the Chinese Communist Party both inside China and in the international media is important. Huang Ciping told the Dalai Lama that as a matter of the fact, in the past especially the last 4 months, Mr. Wei has put a good effort in doing so, especially with the international news media and in the US Congress.

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Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A390-O118

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A390-O118

Release Date: July 23, 2008

发布日：2008年7月23日

Topic: Wei Jingsheng Meets His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Madison, Wisconsin, USA

标题：魏京生与达赖喇嘛在威斯康星州首府麦迪森市会见

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魏京生与达赖喇嘛在威斯康星州首府麦迪森市会见

2008年7月22日中午,中国民主运动联席会议主席魏京生和秘书长黄慈萍,前往威斯康星州首府麦迪森市,拜访了正在该市给公众讲法的达赖喇嘛.

魏先生首先谈到西藏代表的北京之行非常失败:在中共没有任何诚意的情况下去北京,帮了胡锦涛的忙,却没有得到任何实质性的成果.实际上中国政府事后并不承认这是一次谈判,却欺骗美国和法国政府说这是一次谈判,骗取了两国总统参加北京奥运会的决定.

达赖喇嘛说他对中国政府没有谈判的诚意感到非常失望,甚至怀疑中间道路是否是个错误.他对很多汉族人民不理解他的诚意也感到非常失望.中国政府的宣传歪曲了他的立场,欺骗了中国人民.他问魏先生如何解决这个问题?

魏先生首先认为越来越多的汉族人民同情西藏人民争取自由的斗争.海外一小撮留学生的狂热主要是受了中共的欺骗宣传,并且是中共组织的活动,并不能代表大多数汉族人民.中间道路并不错,应该继续保持诚意--但不是对中共,而是对中国人民保持诚意.要让更多的汉族老百姓了解西藏的真实情况和西藏人民的真实愿望.

双方都认为加强合作和互通情况是今后必须解决的问题.因为信息不够通畅,我们都犯了很多错误,被中共极端分子所利用.整个中国的民主化很可能从西藏的变化开始,但西藏不可能单独获得成功.必须各族人民共同努力取得整体的变化,才有可能解决各部分的问题.双方决定增加共同的活动,增加国内外人民对共同事业的了解.要破除中共在国内和国际舆论界制造的谣言.黄慈萍向达赖喇嘛指出这些也是魏先生在努力着的事情,尤其是这四个月来,尤其是在媒体和美国国会.