‘Meeting With Chinese to Help Pave Way for Future Discussions on Tibet’s Environment’[Friday, 18 December 2009, 11:10 a.m.]
Dharamshala: The
Tibetan delegates attending the United Nations climate-change
conference in Copenhagen said their meeting with Chinese scientists and
environmentalists would “help to create a new bond for future
discussions and networking with the local Chinese residing in Denmark
and abroad”. A group of Chinese participants, including a
Chinese professor who teaches at Technical University of Denmark; an
engineer who works for a Danish company; two elderly Chinese and a
computer science professional, attended a panel discussion on Tibetan
plateau at the Klima forum on Thursday. Two Taiwanese
delegations representing their NGOs, and a Taiwanese student who
studies in Sweden and came to participate at the 12-day UN conference
tackling climate crises also participated. Other participants
consisted of university students, professors, engineers, computer
professionals, social workers, civil servants, NGOs from various
countries. Mr Thubten Samdup, Representative of His Holiness
the Dalai Lama to London, and three Tibetans living in Denmark, took
part in the deliberations. All the Chinese participants felt
happy that they have learned something new about the Tibetan Plateau,
and they expressed their concern over wrong policies of the Chinese
government, Tibetan delegates representing the Environment and
Development Desk told TibetNet.The discussions that we had and
the opinions that were shared by the participants were translated into
mandarin for two elder Chinese participants, the delegates said.Due
to time restriction and lack of policy experts attending the
discussion, some questions remained unanswered as to how such meeting
and discussions could influence the policy makers in China, they said. The
participants were briefed on the current environmental situation on the
Tbetan plateau and the about the participation of Tibetan delegation at
COP15. The whole discussion was covered by NTDTV Denmark, a Chinese TV channel and a documentary filmmaker.As
a mark of appreciation, the Tibetan delegates presented all the
participants, including the Chinese, with traditional Tibetan scarves
(khatak).
