[Buddha-l] [Fwd: [**] Olympics Torch Relay: Intriguing Absence of Panchen Lama]

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

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Onderwerp: 	[**] Olympics Torch Relay: Intriguing Absence of Panchen Lama
Datum: 	Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:26:34 +1000
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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: late Jun 2008, Vol. 15, No. 7 (281)
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22 Jun 2008

Olympics Torch Relay: Intriguing Absence of Panchen Lama

South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, India

Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies,  
Chennai, on the above subject is now available at the web site of the  
South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below, as  
well as at the http://www.c3sindia.org/tibet/263/olympics-torch-relay-intriguing-absence-of-panchen-lama/ 
  address] - br."

Site contents:
* Report by James Reynolds of the BBC, * A BBC Commentary, * Report by  
Chris Buckley of Reuters from Lhasa, * Report by the Agence France  
Press (AFP), * Report by the US-funded Radio Free Asia, * Report by  
the State-owned Xinhua News Agency of China, * Report by "The Hindu"  
of Chennai.

Extract:
"MY [B. Raman's - ed.] COMMENTS: 1. Even according to the official  
account as disseminated by Xinhua, there were 156 torchbearers, of  
whom only 75 were Tibetans. The remaining 81 were not Tibetans. 2. It  
does not give the details of all the 75 Tibetans. 3. The Tibetan  
authorities had originally announced that the torch would be in Lhasa  
and the surrounding region of Tibet for three days. They cut it to one  
day lasting eight hours. Even these eight hours were cut short on June  
21, 2008, to less than three hours. The authorities seemed anxious to  
take the torch out of Lhasa as quickly as possible. 4. Originally, it  
had been indicated that the flame would be received at the Potala  
Palace by the communist party-appointed Panchen Lama. Instead, it was  
received by Zhang Qingli, the head of the Communist Party in Tibet. He  
was reported to have told protesting Tibetans in March last that the  
Communist Party was their Dalai Lama. No explanation has been  
forthcoming as to why the Panchan Lama was not present and why he was  
not given any role in the Lhasa functions for the torch relay." -  
b.raman

[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd),  
Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently,  
Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai. He is also  
associated with the Chennai Centre For China Studies. - ed. ]

URL http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers28/paper2743.html

Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - the paper was not archived at the  
time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be  
available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.southasiaanalysis.org - ed.

Link reported by: B. Raman (corde--at--vsnl.com)

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