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NATIONALITY HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BIG FAMILY OF THE CHINESE NATION. THIS IS A FACT RECOGNIZED BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF ALL COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE GOVERNMENTS OF ALL MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES. ANY QUESTION CONCERNING TIBET IS SOLELY CHINA'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS IN WHICH NO OTHER COUNTRY HAS THE RIGHT TO INTERFERE. IN DISREGARD OF THE FACTS AND IN VIOLA- TION OF THE BASIC NORMS GOVERNING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HAS OPENLY SUPPORTED DALAI IN HIS ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO SPLIT UP CHINA. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE WILL NEVER TOLERATE THIS.
3) AS IS KNOWN TO ALL, THE DALAI CLIQUE ENFORCED THE FEUDAL SERF SYSTEM IN TIBET IN THE OLD DAYS WHICH WAS MORE REACTIONARY AND CRUEL THAN THAT OF THE MIDDLE AGES IN EUROPE. UNDER THE SERF SYSTEM, 95 PER CENT OF THE TIBETANS WERE LEADING A MISERABLE LIFE WORSE THAN THE BEAST OF BURDEN, NOT ONLY DEPRIVED OF PRACTIALLY ALL MEANS OF PRODUCTION BUT ALSO DENIED OF FREEDOM OF THE PERSON. THERE WERE NO 'HUMAN RIGHTS' TO SPEAK OF AT ALL. IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE ABOLITION OF THE SERF SYSTEM AND WITH THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE CENTRAL PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT AND PROVINCES, AUTONOMOUS REGIONS AND MUNICIPALITIES DIRECTLY UNDER THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN CHINA THAT UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRESS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND OTHER FIELDS IN TIBET. NOW, THERE HAS BEEN A MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN THE MATERIAL WELL- BEING AND CULTURAL LIFE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE TIBETAN NATIONALITY. THEIR FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF IS FULLY PROTECTED BY CHINA'S CONSTITUTION AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, AND THEIR CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL UNDERTAKINGS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY. THE PEOPLE OF THE TIBETAN NATIONALITY NEVER ENJOYED SUCH FULL AND EXTENSIVE DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM AS THEY DO TODAY. THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HAS NOT ONLY GROSSLY INTERFERED IN CHI- NA'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS BUT ACTUALLY SUPPORTED THE DALAI CLIQUE IN HIS ATTEMPT TO RESTORE THE BARBAROUS SERF SYSTEM A RETROGRES- SION IN HISTORY, WHICH WILL BE RESOLUTELY OPPOSED BY ALL THE CHINESE PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE PEOPLE OF THE TIBETAN NATIONALITY.
4) IT MUST BE POINTED OUT THAT MISTAKES MADE 'DURING THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION' AS MENTIONED IN THE RESOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLI- AMENT ARE NOT A PHENOMENON PECULIAR TO THE TIBETAN REGION ALONE BUT ONE OF A NATIONWIDE CHARACTER. THESE MISTAKES HAVE LONG BEEN CORRECTED. A GREAT NUMBER OF THE TIBETAN MONASTERIES HAVE BEEN RESTORED AND RENOVATED AND THE TIBETAN CULTURE IS VERY WELL PRE- SERVED AND DEVELOPED. THIS IS A FACT OBVIOUS TO ALL. VARIOUS AC- CUSATIONS AGAINST CHINA CONTAINED IN THE RESOLUTION OF THE EURO-
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