Overseas Chinese Hold International Conference on China’s Democracy [Friday, 12 November 2010, 3:49 p.m.]

2010 International Conference on the Prospects and Exploration of China’s Democracy, holding in Taipei , 11-12 November 2010.

 Taipei:
The first International Conference on the Prospects and Exploration of
China’s Democracy is being held in the capital city of Taiwan from
11-12 November 2010. The conference was organized by three
different groups of overseas Chinese democratic movement with support
from Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. The conference attendees are from
the United States of America, Australia, Honkong and Taiwan. Many other
experts from different fields of about 100 in number also joined the
conference.   Mr Dawa Tsering, Representative of His
Holiness the Dalai Lama was invited as one of the chief guest during
the inaugural of the conference and other two chief guest are Mr Huang
Kun Hui, former Secretary General to the President of Taiwan and Mr
Liang Guo Xiong a legislator from Honkong.   Although, Mr
Bob Brown Australian Green’s Party leader was not present at the
conference but he have sent his recorded DVD message that was shown
during the inauguration of the conference. Before delivering
the inaugural address Mr Dawa Tsering the Representative of His
Holiness the Dalai Lama read the Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche’s
congratulatory message to the conference organizer and to all the
participants.  

Representative Mr Dawa Tsering (2nd from R), with the Chinese Democrats at the conference.

Later,
Mr Dawa Tsering briefed about Tibetan people’s desire and demand for
genuine autonomy for Tibetan people. He also mentioned the significance
of awarding Nobel Peace Prize to Mr Liu Xio Bo, which marks
international recognition for the Chinese democratic movement. To all
the members of Chinese democratic movement, he emphasized that the time
has now reached to work united as a single entity for change and
democracy in their home country.   On the second day of
the conference Representative Mr Dawa Tsering spoke about the
Middle-Way Approach for resolving the issue of Tibet. He also spoke on
the details of how this vision have evolved and about the immense
support received from the international community and the governments
for this approach. He also briefed about the founding of
Chinese-Tibetan Association in Taiwan.  The conference
mainly discussed the future options and strategies of how to bring
democratic change in China and thus making this conference a landmark
in the history of Chinese democratic movement.

2010 International Conference on the Prospects and Exploration of China’s Democracy, holding in Taipei , 11-12 November 2010.

[Report filed by Kalsang Lhundup, Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama]