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China expresses strong dissatisfaction and has lodged solemn representations with Japan after the Dalai clique collaborated with right-wing anti-China politicians in Japan to organize the so-called "World Parliamentarians' Convention on Tibet," attacking and discrediting China's governance policy on the Xizang Autonomous Region, hyping up the issue of the reincarnation of the 14th Dalai Lama, propagating the internationalization of the "Xizang issue," and staging a farcical anti-Chinese drama with great fanfare, the spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Japan said on Thursday.

The so-called "Tibetan government-in-exile" is an out-and-out separatist political group and an illegal organization violating China's Constitution and laws, and is not recognized by any country in the world, the spokesperson said.

"As many people know, the 14th Dalai Lama is not a pure religious figure, but a political exile engaged in anti-China separatist activities under the cloak of religion. The 14th Dalai Lama and the so-called 'Tibetan government-in-exile' have no right at all to represent people in Xizang, still less to decide the future of Xizang."

The reincarnation of living Buddhas is an institution of succession unique to Tibetan Buddhism and is governed by fixed religious rituals and historical conventions that are honored and adhered to by the Tibetan Buddhist community. The reincarnation of living Buddhas, including that of the 14th Dalai Lama, should abide by national laws and regulations and follow religious rituals and historical conventions.

The spokesperson emphasized that Xizang has been an integral part of Chinese territory since ancient times, and the Xizang people are members of the Chinese national family. Xizang affairs are purely China's internal affairs and brook no interference from outside forces. 

At present, it is a fact for all to see that the Xizang economy is booming, society is stable, culture is thriving and people's lives are improving. The Dalai clique will not succeed in its attempt to thwart the Xizang people's pursuit of a better life, and any attempt by any force to contain and suppress China by messing up Xizang is doomed to failure, the spokesperson said.

China urges Japan to abide by the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan and the basic norms of international relations, to respect China's internal affairs, to strictly restrict right-wing anti-China forces, to stop making use of the Xizang-related issue to create trouble, and to stop conniving with and supporting the Dalai clique and other anti-China secessionist forces in order to avoid causing further damage to China-Japanese relations.

Global Times