Dalai has never declared to give up slavery

First let us clarify this problem: what was the status of Tibet before 1950?

Tibet has been part of China since the Yuan Dynasty, at which time the Buddhism had not spread there. During Ming and Qing Dynasties (400-300 years ago) Buddhism started there, but the Buddhism in Tibet is different than normal Buddhism, and is usually called Lama Buddhism. Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama are two of the three creators of the Lama Buddhism (the 3rd one went to Mongolia later, so I will not talk about him). Dalai lived in Lhasa and took charge of East Tibet, while Panchen lived in Shigatse and took charge of West Tibet. However, they were all under the governness of the emperor and his delegate: Lhasa General. According to the religious tradition, both Dalai and Panchen was reincarnated from the former Dalai or Panchen, which has to be finally approved by the Qing emperor. After the Republic of China (ROC) took the place of Qing Dynasty, the reincarnation has to be approved by the president of ROC. The current Dalai Lama the 14th was approved by ROC in 1940.

From the histroy we can clearly see that during the Ming, Qing and ROC period, Tibet was part of China.

So what happened after 1949, when PRC took the place of ROC?

The answer is slavery.

At that time Tibet was the only state in China that allows slavery, and Dalai Lama was the largest slave owner. At the beginning, the PRC government agreed to keep slavery in Tibet, therefore Dalai and Panchen agreed to sign the "17 point agreement", and in 1954, Dalai was elected Vice Chairman of National People's Congress of China.

However, in 1958, Chairman Mao, a fan of Abraham Lincoln, was considering to end the slavery in Tibet, which annoyed Dalai a lot. From then on, he started to consider to separate from China, in order to keep his slaves. This was just like the Richmond government during the American Civil War. However, both Panchen and Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (Dalai's assistant in charge of military affairs) were anti-slaverists so Dalai has to leave Tibet and form his exile government. And we all know the story following that.

As far as I am concerned, Dalai has never declared to give up slavery, so if I were President Hu Jintao, I'll never let him get back to Tibet.

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