A Chinese periodical to publish stories on Tibet[Tuesday, 24 August 2010, 5:13 p.m.]
Dharamsala: A
Chinese periodical ‘ Tian an men shi bao’ published from Melbourne in
Australia will post stories about the plight of Tibet and its people. Mr
Rong Jie, Editor-in-Chief of the periodical, made the announcement to
publish Tibet-related stories during a dinner reception hosted to Mr
Sonam Norbu Dagpo, Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in
Australia, and Ms Dawa Dolma, Sino-Tibetan public relations
co-ordinator, on 12 August in Melbourne.The reception was
arranged by the Sino-Tibetan Friendship Society, Chinese Democratic
Movement Organisation and publishers of the periodical in Chinese ‘Tian
an men shi bao’ and some Chinese from the mainland. Mr Rong
Jie in his address said, although Chinese people can know about Tibet
through the Chinese website of the Central Tibetan Administration in
exile and other Chinese language websites, but it is very rare to find
in Chinese language of a Tibetan individual’s personal life story of
severe suffering under the repression of the People’s Republic of China.He
expressed his belief that if in places where Chinese people are living
can write in Chinese newspapers about the Tibetan people’s real
stories, then the Chinese people can understand the Tibetan cause
better and know the true story of Tibet.Representative Sonam
Norbu Dagpo thanked Mr Rong Jie and staff for their decision to include
Tibet-related stories in their periodical, which is a widely
distributed newspaper in Australia. Representative lauded the success
of Sino-Tibetan Friendship Society in building friendly relations and
trust between the Chinese and Tibetan people. Both the
Democratic Movement Organisation and the Sino-Tibetan Friendship
Society aim to organize a cultural exchange programme with Tibetans to
understand each other better. Representative Sonam Norbu
Dagpo and Dhondup Dolma were on an official visit to Melbourne from
11-15 August. They also met with the Tibetan community during the
visit.
