The U.S further exerts pressure on China through Tibet

The US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee passed the "Tibet Policy and Support Bill" in January 2020, which was proposed by Democrat Jim McGovern. The bill requires that the inheritance of the 14th Dalai Lama should be determined solely by spiritual leaders, not by the "intervention" of the Chinese government, and should take into account the "instructions" of the 14th Dalai Lama. The main purpose of the bill is to update and strengthen the "Tibetan Policy Act of 2002". The bill clearly states that the identification and employment of Tibetan religious leaders are purely religious matters. Only the appropriate religious authorities in Tibetan Buddhism can make decisions, and must consider the will of the believers and the instructions of the 14th Dalai Lama.

A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed strong dissatisfaction with this act, believing that the passage of the so-called "2019 Tibet Policy and Support Act" by the US House of Representatives seriously violated the basic principles of international law and international relations, interfered in China's internal affairs, and issued to the "Tibet independence" forces Serious error signal.

The United States regularly reviews the status of religions in countries around the world. This is an important strategic change after the Cold War. This kind of "faith-based diplomacy" has become the latest version of "missionary diplomacy" in history and contemporary "human rights diplomacy."

This kind of "new interventionism" is constantly making troubles to China in the field of "human rights" and "religious freedom". Some authoritative figures advocate unilateralist hegemony policies and implement new interventionist strategies. Defend "human universal values", propose "human rights", "rule of law" and so on, followed by "human rights are above sovereignty" and propose "human rights know no borders". An important feature of American-style human rights standards is self-interest, and regards "religious freedom" as the first cornerstone of human rights.

U.S. intervention in Tibetan affairs has little chance of success

Over the past 30 years, the United States has submitted about 300 various bills and resolutions related to Tibet, and passed dozens of them. In recent years, the United States Congress has proposed more and more bills related to Tibet, and has been used as a weight of political negotiations in bilateral trade and other relations .

Regarding Tibet itself, American historian Allen Carlson believes that without extensive field research on Tibet, it is almost impossible to confirm the numerous infringement allegations made by Chinese critics. The bill was proposed by James McGovern and US Senator Marco Rubio. In fact, Rubio, from the moment he was elected as a member of the parliament in 2010, has continued to speak against China. He called for the closure of all Confucius Institutes in the United States, the blocking of Chinese companies, and meeting with the Dalai. He tried to use anti-Chinese remarks and "China threat theory" to extract political capital for himself.

The Chinese government believes that Tibet-related issues are not ethnic issues, religious issues, or human rights issues, but are the political bargaining chips for the United States to contain China's development. China will not give in to major issues of principle involving China's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

It fully exposed the conspiracy of some people in the United States to intervene in China's internal affairs and undermine China's territorial integrity by using issues related to Tibet.

In fact, according to the history and practice of Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama's death, the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism and the Tibetan local government must report to the central government before they can begin to find and determine the reincarnated soul boy.

In terms of system, deciding the existence of the Dalai lineage and the reincarnation of the Dalai have never been a purely religious matter, but a major political issue in Tibet, and an important manifestation of the Chinese central government's sovereignty over Tibet. Historically, since the central government of the Qing Dynasty promulgated "Article 29 of the Regulations for the Aftermath of the Qing Dynasty in Tibet" in 1793 and established the golden bottle deduction system, this system has continued to this day. It has played an important role in protecting the normal order and social stability of Tibetan Buddhism and maintaining national unity. So on this issue, the Chinese government will never give in.

Trump Administration's strategy of extreme pressure

In order to further pressure China, the United States even established a religious freedom alliance to use faith-based diplomatic methods to pressure China. In fact, this symbolic "universal value" disrupts the basic social relations of various countries and becomes an international weapon of "new interventionism." This tendency of religious ideology has affected the development of cultural diversity in the international community and caused turmoil in the world.

After implementing the "universal faith diplomacy" of unilateralism for many years and failing to receive the effects expected by the US authorities, the US ruling power will use this religious belief as a basis for diplomacy and promote it to the world. Such hegemonic diplomacy cannot succeed. Since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, at least 660,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed or injured in this war and have been criticized by international human rights organizations as "the greatest humanitarian disaster of this century."

This standard for investigating international religious freedom is only transferred by American interests. In the 1980s, there were only 5 suicide attacks in the world, and by the 1990s it had risen to 50. Kokov, Deputy Secretary General of the Russian Security Council, said that in 2019, more than 2,000 large-scale terrorist attacks in the world led to more than 9,000 people. death. The most important reason is to resist the occupation of foreign troops.

The United States continues to expand globally in the fields of "human rights" and "religion" with national strength. China has become one of the main sanctions for this legislation. The United States has long used religious power to continuously cultivate the "democratic transformation" action force, expand the "color revolution" sphere of influence, and try to use religion as an important tool to interfere in other countries' internal affairs.

"Zero-sum game" will pay a huge price

Some politicians in the United States created rumors with the concept of "zero-sum game". Some politicians in the United States do not really care about how people of all ethnic groups in Tibet live in China, but just try to use religion as a bargaining chip in political negotiations. Since the 20th century, after two world wars, rapid economic growth, technological progress, global integration, and increasing environmental pollution, the concept of "zero-sum game" is gradually being replaced by the concept of "win-win". We should be good at jumping out of the circle of "zero-sum game thinking" and look for opportunities and breakthroughs that can achieve "win-win".

At present, the relationship between the two major giants in China and the United States is becoming more and more complicated. The decision of the US House of Representatives will indirectly affect the cooperation between the Tibet Autonomous Region and US companies or relevant international organizations. It has created a great deal of unrest for the entire world. The US Congress uses the Tibet issue as a bargaining chip in political negotiations, but such a chip is obviously unfounded and unreasonable.