As investigations into the riots that took place in Lhasa on March 14 are under way, it is now clear they were part of the "Tibetan People's Uprising Movement" plotted by the Dalai Lama and his followers.

Knowing his own role in the riots, the Dalai Lama had to make some public comments about it.

Besides extending his condolences to the victims and their families, he also declared he "has no intention to split Tibet from the country or cause a rift between the Han and Tibetan people".

To prove this, he even reviewed the history in the last 50 years. He said: "No matter how hard I worked to avoid separation of Tibetans from the one big family, some Chinese leaders still continue to bombard groundless censure and criticism at me."

Is he telling the truth?

Historical documents show the following:

After signing the Agreement on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet on May 23, 1951, the Dalai Lama sent a telegraph to Chairman Mao Zedong in October 1951. Part of the telegraph read: "The local government of Tibet as well as the Tibetan monks and laymen unanimously support this agreement, and under the leadership of Chairman Mao and the Central People's Government, will actively assist the People's Liberation Army in Tibet to consolidate national defense, drive imperialist influences out of Tibet and safeguard the unification of the territory and the sovereignty of the motherland. I hereby send this cable to inform you of this."

However in July 1952, the Dalai Lama sent a message to the United States consulate in Calcutta, India, saying "the Tibetan people were not pro-Chinese but were Tibetans first and last" in the hope that the US government would offer support to the "Tibetan government" in material and spiritual terms when the time was proper to "liberate Tibet".

After making a solemn promise to the central government, the Dalai Lama sent such a secret message to the imperialists he vowed to combat. He was actually making allies for his future separatist activities.

This is one of the earliest examples we can find of the Dalai Lama's dishonesty. By that time, he had attempted to seek allies for his "Tibet independence" and create conflicts between the Han and Tibetan people.

On March 10, 1959, some people in the upper ruling strata of Tibet, in order to preserve feudal serfdom, and supported by imperialist forces, staged an armed rebellion in an attempt to separate Tibet from China.

Before their rebellion, they made a call that "people eating tasmpa should drive those eating rice away from the land". This was obviously an effort to create ethnic conflict and hatred.

After the Dalai Lama formed his "Tibetan government-in-exile", his clique has always held activities in March to commemorate the anniversary of the so-called "Tibet uprising" of 1959.

The March 14 riots were an attempt by the Dalai clique to sabotage the Beijing Olympic Games. The timing of the riots was also the Dalai clique's move to mark the "uprising".

After the Dalai Lama left China nearly 50 years ago, he has always done everything he could to promote "Tibet independence" as well as incite ethnic conflicts.

In a book by Thomas Laird, an American journalist, the Dalai Lama said that the problem (Tibet issue) was not just about himself - "unless the Chinese government realizes that the real problem is the resentment and deep dissatisfaction of 6 million Tibetans toward China caused by the treatment they have been subject to in the past. Only when China realizes that, and is ready to address that, then that is the time when I return to Tibet. Then I can help both sides."

Taking the advantage of his position and influence in the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama has incited the monks to confront the government by various means and has exaggerated the unrest in Tibet.

In an interview last year, the Dalai Lama told Western publication that there might soon be two Dalai Lamas and his reincarnate would be found anywhere but Tibet. With this remark, he was defying the religious rituals of Tibetan Buddhism and denying the central government's right to approve the reincarnated new living Buddha.

It became obvious that the Dalai Lama aimed at openly opposing the Chinese government through this statement, sending signals that could threaten the social stability of Tibet.

The Dalai Lama also ignores the yearning of common Tibetans to a peaceful and prosperous life. In the Buddhist monasteries, bullets, guns and gunpowder were found. This is really a shame.

The rioters disrupted the normal life of these places. The Dalai Lama expressed his condolences, but failed to condemn the culprits of the violence, especially the monks. How should people interpret his stance?

The doctrines of Mahayana Buddhism require its followers to show gratitude and compassion. How has the Dalai Lama, who always calls himself Sakyamuni, expressed his gratitude and compassion? Instead, it has been hypocrisy.

The author is a researcher in ethnic and religious theories with the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

(China Daily April 10, 2008)