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SOUTHWEST CHINA: "PATRIOTIC EDUCATION" FOR TIBETANS --

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CLASSIFIED BY: James A. Boughner, Consul General, U.S. Consulate
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CLASSIFIED BY: James A. Boughner, Consul General, U.S. Consulate
General, Chengdu.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)




1. (C) Summary: Well prior to the recent outbreak of unrest, a
"Patriotic Education Campaign" launched by the Ganzi Tibetan
Autonomous Prefecture (TAP) in western Sichuan Province
following a series of security incidents during the summer of
2007 provoked considerable resentment among the area's
approximately 700,000 Tibetans. A review of Ganzi Party
Secretary Liu Daoping's October 2007 speech (see paragraph nine

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for full Consulate translation) to cadres kicking off the
campaign reveals official concern about the influence of the
Dalai Lama among Communist Party officials and the imposition of
strict sanctions on those who, "eat the Party's rice but really
work for the Dalai Lama." Liu also refers to "opposing Western
forces" that support the "Dalai clique" and seek to weaken
China. As a prelude to likely even tighter restrictions under
the current political climate, we understand some Tibetans in
Ganzi following Liu's speech were forced to deny the Dalai Lama,
remove their children from monasteries or from schools in India
where they were receiving a Tibetan language education, and
restrict their religious observances. End Summary.

Tough "Patriotic Education Campaign" Inspired by TAR
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2. (C) Post translated a copy of a speech we recently obtained
from local contacts that was delivered in western Sichuan by
Ganzi Prefecture Party Secretary Liu Daoping during October

2007. The full text of the speech is an internal government
document. A former deputy director of the Sichuan Bureau of
Justice, Liu replaced the ethnic Tibetan Dorje Rabten in Ganzi
in July 2007 following several violent incidents that occurred
in the prefecture earlier that summer (ref b). The intention of
Ganzi Prefecture (Tib: Kardze) authorities to conduct a
long-planned "Patriotic Education Campaign" was likely
strengthened after the August 1st Litang (Tib: Lithang) Horse

Race Festival, a widely attended public event during which many
people called for the return of the Dalai Lama (ref a).


3. (C) Liu's speech officially kicked off the campaign that
required Party and government cadres as well as students and
many others to sign statements denouncing the Dalai Lama. The
campaign was carried out first in Litang and then expanded to
all parts of Ganzi Prefecture, home to 700,000 ethnic Tibetans.
It was modeled after an earlier campaign in the Tibetan
Autonomous Region (TAR). The Ganzi TAP Communist Party
newspaper, the Ganzi Ribao, has subsequently carried stories
mentioning how Ganzi Communist Party officials visited the TAR
to "bring back the scriptures" on how to coonduct a Patriotic
Education Campaign. Many summaries of articles from the Ganzi
Ribao and other sources on the Patriotic Education Campaign are
contained in the Daily Tibetan Areas press summaries available
on the U.S. Consulate General Chengdu website on Intelink-SBU at


Party Secretary Decries Influence of Dalai Lama
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4. (C) Ganzi Party Secretary Liu Daoping in his October 10th
speech detailed such "frustrations" felt by Ganzi officials as:

-- Why is the Dalai's picture still hung in the homes of some
cadres?
-- Why is it that some people curse the Central Committee for
not allowing the Dalai to return?
-- On the issue of "burning clothing made from tiger skins and
leopard skins", why is it that one word from the Dalai counts
for more than many years of educational work by our Communist
Party?
-- Why is it that some cadres leave China to attend the
teachings (kalachakara) of the Dalai?
-- For some cadres, "Their stomach belongs to the Communist
Party but their brain belongs to the Dalai."

Effort to Overcome Ideological Failures by Pushing Still Harder
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5. (C) Liu stressed in his speech the critical threat to Party
rule of Tibetan areas, the constant infiltration and destructive
activities of the "Dalai clique," and the presence of many Dalai

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Lama sympathizers within the ranks of the Communist Party. His
prescription is to "strike hard" against sympathizers of the
Dalai Lama to overcome the failures of previous efforts at
ideological education. Liu demanded that children be withdrawn
from monasteries or from India where they can get a traditional
Tibetan education. Party members, monks and many lay people
were called on to denounce the Dalai Lama. Although Ganzi
Prefecture, like the TAR has had Patriotic Education Campaigns
in the past, this campaign was reportedly unusually intense.
Ganzi, like other Tibetan areas of Southwest China, in the past
did not usually feel the same degree of comprehensive pressure
from government authorities that has been more typical of Lhasa.
Local contacts have told us that as pressure from the Party
increased, so too did the resentment of local Tibetans.

Fire, Expel and Punish Dalai Lama Sympathizers Among Cadres
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6. (C) The determination that Party and government cadres toe
the line or face dismissal or even prosecution for cooperating
with the "Dalai clique" is detailed in the speech:

-- Communist Party members and government cadres should not take
part in religious activities outside mainland China's borders
held by the Dalai clique such as the Teachings (Kalachakra).

-- Communist Party members and government cadres must not send
their children to schools run by the Dalai clique outside the
borders of mainland China or to study in abroad in any school at
the recommendation of or with the support of the Dalai clique.

-- Anyone who loses their faith in communism, is a fervent
believer, or has become a religious worker, and who does not
change after education, will be admonished to resign from the
Party.

-- Deal strictly with any Communist Party member or government
cadre who "in the fight against splittists has a lukewarm or
two-faced attitude; does not criticize the splittists in their
words and actions and does not oppose them or fight them; or
creates, believes or spread rumors; or who upon discovering that
their co-workers, spouses or children participate in splittist
activities, do not criticize them or even protects them.

Comprehensive Implementation
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7. (C) Liu described in his speech how the "Patriotic Education
Campaign" was to be organized comprehensively so that it would
reach every county and district in the prefecture: "The
educational campaign is being carried out under the joint
leadership of the provincial, prefecture and county Party
committees. The Sichuan Province Communist Party Committee
established a leading group to guide education. The Ganzi
Prefecture Communist Party Committee also established a leading
group that is responsible for the organization, leadership and
implementation of the educational campaign throughout the
prefecture. Highly responsible, hardworking, comrades with
excellent reputations among the cadres have been chosen to
organize and guide educational campaign work in rural districts
and townships of county level temples and monasteries,
businesspeople, and schools. They ensure that people have the
proper understanding of ideology, that the organizations and
their leadership meet standards, that work is performed
properly, that responsibilities are allocated properly, and that
progress on goals is evaluated properly. After today's
conference of patriotic education campaign workers is concluded,
the prefecture and county organization workers will be promptly
assigned so that they can provide guidance according to their
specific assignment."

Comment
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8. (C) Some Chinese officials, especially those who do not have
long experience working in Tibetan areas, may sincerely believe
Party propaganda that the vast majority of Tibetans support the
Party and that disorders are the work of only a small minority.
Liu's speech gives us an insight into the mindset of Party
leaders. In some ways, Party officials are themselves
imprisoned by the propaganda line that has officially been
pushed in the Chinese media and schools for years. Any softer
approach could be criticized as giving ground to "splittists" in
the "life and death struggle" -- the very term that Liu uses in
his speech and that has been used by officials in the TAR
following the March 14 outbreak of unrest. The reflex of

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Chinese authorities to crack down harder when they meet
resistance, and to attribute much of the opposition they
encounter to the "Dalai clique," rather than to inherent
problems with the government's policies towards Tibetans, seems
to result in an escalating cycle of crackdowns and protests.


9. (C) Begin Text of Consulate Translation of Liu Daoping
Speech:

On October 10, 2007, Liu Daoping, secretary of the Ganzi
(Kardze) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Communist Party Committee
presented at "Talk at the All Prefecture Video Conference to
Patriotic Education Campaign Workers"

Comrades,

According to the directive of the Sichuan Party Committee, on
August 29 a patriotic education study campaign began for all
leaders of country-grade level and above, and with Lithang
County chosen as the site for the pilot project. Now that
patriotic education campaign has mostly concluded. Prefecture
level organs are now carrying out patriotic education campaigns.
The Prefecture Party Committee believes the conditions are now
ripe for a full-scale patriotic education campaign in each
county of the prefecture. Members of every level of Party
Committee and all Party and government cadres must bring their
thinking into line with the decisions and measures adopted by
the province and the prefecture, and conscientiously organize
and successfully implement patriotic education activities. Here
I will present my views in three parts:


I. Deeply Understand the Great Significance of the Patriotic
Education Campaign



A. Conducting the patriotic education campaign is essential
for consolidating the leading role of the Marxist ideological
outlook.

Ideology is an important area in the fight against splittism.
The anti-splittist fight in this area is an important political
struggle in the fight for people's hearts, the fight for the
masses, fight to control the battlefield, and for consolidating
the foundations of socialism. This battle is directly linked to
the unity of the motherland and the solidity of the socialist
regime in our country, to the unity of the nationalities and the
interests of each nationality, as well as to the political
stability and overall economy development of the ethnic Tibetan
areas. Comrade Mao Zedong said, "Whoever wants to overthrow a
regime will start by doing ideological work. This is true of
both the revolutionary classes and counter-revolutionary
classes." The "Tibet Independence" splittist clique with the
Dalai at its head is constantly scheming in sundry ways in the
ideological field to infiltrate, split us; to distort, forge and
rewrite history; encourage nationalistic splittist thinking,
arouse religious fervor, to poison and attack the Party's
policies on religions and nationalities, spread reactionary
speech, take part in illegal religious activities, and to seize
control of the ideological battleground. Their aim is to sow
confusion in the ideological area and to separate the masses
from us and to weaken the identification, emotional attachment,
and national pride and confidence of the broad masses in the
Chinese nation. They seek to use religious and splittist
thinking to infiltrate the Tibetan areas and destroy their
stability and unity. Their final goal is to separate Tibet from
the motherland so as to realize "Tibetan independence". The
anti-splittist battle in the ideological realm is a long term,
complex and difficult struggle. The Dalai clique for
ideological infiltration across China's borders relies on means
such as broadcasts, recordings, books, and the Internet. The
religious identity of the Dalai is used to infiltrate
monasteries while cultural and economic cooperation is used to
infiltrate society.

As the "post-Dalai era" approaches, the Dalai clique is
constantly increasing the intensity of its infiltration and
attacks in the ideological area, sowing ever-greater confusion
and damage. On the one hand the Dalai clique uses the religious
nature and clique characteristics of the Tibetans to use Tibetan
Buddhism to infiltrate "Tibetan independence" within China's
borders. One method is to send "Living Buddhas" who have a
"Tibet independence" ideology back to China to control temples,
seeking to increase the spiritual control of religion over
people so as to create a base in the Tibetan areas,
strengthening its cohesion and one-mindedness in order to
achieve their political goals. On the other hand, by

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distributing reactionary leaflets and other means they sow
confusion among the masses, divide public opinion, misleading
and taking advantage of cadres and masses that do not understand
the real situation. Faced with this serious anti-splittist
struggle in the ideological area, we must confront it head on.
We need to prepare this battlefield by carrying out widespread
and profound patriotic education campaigns, use the "Four Views
and Two Theories" of Marxism to arm the minds of the cadres and
masses so as to teach the cadres and the masses to see through
the reactionary nature of the Dalai clique and the serious
damage it is doing. We must strenuously oppose national
splittism, preserve the unity of the motherland, maintain the
ideology of national unity, strengthen the ability of the masses
to identify and oppose national splittist activities so that
people will be aware of the need to combat them.


B. Carrying Out the Patriotic Education Campaign is Necessary
in Order to Keep the Initiative in the Fight Against Splittism

This patriotic education campaign is a great opportunity for
transforming our anti-splittist work from handling the situation
to actively strengthening our organization, ideological base,
and mass base. This is very important for us to hold strongly
to the initiative in the fight against splittism. The August 1
incident in Lithang showed us once again that the Tibetan areas
of Sichuan have become the axis of the Dalai clique's splittist
infiltration and destructive activities. In this life and death
struggle with the Dalai clique, the issue of whether we can
maintain the initiative in this struggle has already become the
key issue in the question of whether the Party will be able to
consolidate its governance of the Tibetan areas of the country.
If we make any compromise with the enemy, have any thought of
concession or evading the issue, the final result will be
disastrous for us. We must through patriotic education
continually strengthen understanding of the cadres of politics,
their responsibilities, their abiding concern for and
understanding of the overall situation, and boost their unity
and capacity of the cadres in their leadership of the masses in
the anti-splittist struggle. In this way we will achieve strong
leadership and a good organization basis for the struggle
against splittism and for political stability.

Through the educational campaign we are putting the focus on
maintaining the stability of the prefecture at the grassroots
level. We need to strengthen our work at the grassroots level,
particularly in farming and herding areas. We need to constantly
raise the creativity, cohesiveness and fighting strength of the
grassroots party organization so that they can serve as the base
for the struggle against splittism and for maintaining political
stability. By carrying out the patriotic education campaign,
strengthening education overall and of all the people, we will
continually expose the splittist sins of the Dalai clique and
the reactionary nature of the plots of the Dalai clique to
divide the motherland and to scheme for "Tibet independence".
We need to educate the broad masses of the people better
recognize the reactionary nature of the politics of the Dalai
clique, its vacuity in religious doctrine, and the deceptiveness
of its methods. We need to enracinate the concept that "Unity
and stability are blessings, division and chaos are disasters".
In this way, the masses of the people will conscientiously
oppose the ideological and political infiltration of the Dalai
clique. Educational activities will make the patriotic
education ideology and the concepts of rule by law enter the
monasteries, the rules of monasteries and the minds of monks and
nuns. This will gradually resolve the problems at the
grassroots level of the anti-splittist struggle, continually
strengthen the consciousness of belonging to the motherland,
strengthen patriotic sentiments, and fortify ideological and
mass bases for the anti-splittist struggle.


C. The Patriotic Education Campaign is an Objective Necessity
for the Development of the Tibetan Areas

The Dalai clique and Western opposing forces do not want China
to become strong and don't want to see the Tibetan areas
progress and become prosperous. They are intent on finding ways
to create problems and scheming to damage development in the
Tibetan areas. Especially now with the accelerated social and
economic development now raising the living standards of the all
the nationalities in the Tibetan areas, they will stop at
nothing to find ways to cause problems. The more progress we
make, the more the oppositional forces will feel uncomfortable.
The more things are harmonious and quiet, the more the more
oppositional forces will try to create factors of instability in
order to interfere and cause problems. We need to stay clear
about that. Now, our prefecture is in a golden era of

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development and a critical moment for stability. Therefore the
Sichuan Party Committee and Sichuan Provincial Government have
decided that this is the time to make a momentous decision for a
project to enrich the people and promote their welfare. This not
only shows the way for the development and stabilization of our
prefecture but also provides a whole new concept and methodology
that gives our prefecture to grasp an historic opportunity for
prosperity and development. This good government project that
benefits the various nationalities of our prefecture and wins
the hearts of the people will become a "thorn in the flesh" and
a "nail in the eye" of the Dalai clique. They will certainly
stop at nothing to block and hurt the project. We need to
understand clearly that if we do not make a life-and-death
struggle with the Dalai clique, it will be very difficult to
maintain political stability, have rapid economic development,
and maintain social harmony and stability.

Carrying out the patriotic education campaign is an essential
part of the project to enrich the people and ensure their
welfare. If we ignore its importance and relax our vigilance
and allow the oppositional forces to make waves, then we will
delay the smooth implementation of the project to enrich the
people and ensure their welfare. In carrying out this
collective study educational campaign, we need to hold aloft the
sword of righteousness, raise the flag of patriotism, and
express our determination to oppose single-mindedly the forces
of national division. We need to need to show we stand for
political stability, national unity, the unity of the
nationalities, confidently stand for the fundamental interests
of the people of the Tibetan areas, uphold righteousness, and
rally the people together in order to create a calm and
harmonious environment for promoting the project to enrich the
people and ensure their welfare.

II. Take a problem-solving pragmatic approach in conducting the
patriotic education campaign.

Understand the situation, improve your knowledge and capacities
and to promote our work. These are the goals of the patriotic
education campaign. The core is opposing national splittism and
upholding national unity. The emphases are strict political
discipline, further expose the plotting of the Dalai, and
strengthen management of temples and monasteries. We need to
solve ideological problems but also practical problems. We need
to solve current problems but also long-range problems. We need
to resolve special problems but also ordinary problems. We need
to reach the goal of the "Five Strengthenings" (Note: Strengthen
progressive orientation, strengthen study, strengthen service
ethic, strengthen honesty and strengthen virtue. End note) so
that in the end we can cure both the symptoms and the underlying
cause. Therefore Party and government committees at all levels
in our prefecture must grasp the opportunity that the patriotic
education campaign presents. Bearing in mind the local situation
they need to work to resolve problems, focusing on the key links
to attack the key issues, and then with a decisive attitude take
resolute action so that the education campaign can be carried
out effectively.


A. Strengthen educational guidance in order to solve problems
of ideology and understanding.

Currently, the Dalai is the biggest element of instability in
the Tibetan region as well as the main source of ideological
confusion. Some of the broad masses of cadres do not understand
his reactionary nature or their understanding is confused, they
have an uncertain attitude. Therefore they very easily tricked
or used by the oppositional forces. A very few even become
"spokesperson" or "pawns" in splittist activities. Therefore
the issue of clear understanding needs to be placed foremost in
the patriotic education campaign. We need to promote
discussions where people speak up and express their political
position and attitudes so that we can determinedly clear up
misunderstandings.

i. Clear up misunderstandings about the complexity of the
struggle.

By and large, the great majority of cadres and masses are not
irresolute on political questions by they often don't have a
clear understanding of the complexity of the struggle against
the splittists. As a result they are not perceptive in
political matters. Moreover, since the Dalai clique is very
clever in adopting disguises - they often use double-faced
methods. They speak a great deal about religious issues and are
so deceptive and confusing that not only do they create some
ideological confusion among the masses but a very small number

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of leading comrades also get confused. For example:

-- On the issue of "burning clothing made from tiger skins and
leopard skins", why is it that one word from the Dalai counts
for more than many years of educational work by our Communist
Party?
-- How is it that the Dalai's foolish theory "if people have the
same religion, they belong to the same country" is accepted by
so many people?
-- Why is it that people prostrate themselves before the "Living
Buddhas" recognized by the Dalai?
-- Why is it that after splittist elements have created a
political incident, a very small minority of cadres still have
an apathetic attitude?
-- Why is that among the cadres there are some who criticize the
Dalai but do not dare to say his name?
-- Why is the Dalai's picture still hung in the homes of some
cadres?
-- Why is it that some people curse the Central Committee for
not allowing the Dalai to return?
-- Why is it that some cadres leave China to attend the
teachings (kalachakara) of the Dalai?
-- Why do they send their children away to monasteries to become
monks or nuns or allow them to become Living Buddhas?
-- Why are they dissatisfied with patriotic education?
-- Why do they keep a foot in both camps in order to pass
information on to the Dalai clique?

The basic problem is that people don't have a clear
understanding of politics and the overall situation and so don't
understand the reactionary nature of the Dalai. A small
minority themselves hold splittist views. Confronted with this
complex situation, we must clearly understand: our struggle with
the Dalai clique is not a matter of believing or not believing
in religion or a matter of having local autonomy or not. This
is a political struggle --- preserving the unity of the
nationalities, a question of preserving the unity of the country
and opposing splittists, a question of unity or division, of
progress or backsliding, and between good and evil. No matter
what approach the Dalai clique uses to create division among the
nationalities, not matter how their methods change, their goal
of "Tibet independence" and dividing the country is their firm,
unalterable goal. All their actions reveal their evil
intentions towards the motherland and the people. Therefore we
cannot afford to be lax in our thinking. We cannot be naove or
childishly entertain any illusions. In confronting these
opposing forces, we need to immediately set to work to tighten
up this political string, improve our political perceptiveness
and judgment and make our position clear and our attitude
resolute.

ii. Clear up misunderstandings about this long-term struggle.

Taking advantage of the persistence of the international
anti-Chinese forces, the Dalai clique has not given up its plot
for "Tibet independence." We will never stop opposing splittist
forces - this is a long-term struggle. A small minority of
cadres have inadequate understanding of the long-term nature of
this life and death struggle. They believe that the Dalai issue
is not important. They ignore the big picture and even believe
that the patriotic education campaign is making a big deal of a
small matter and thus interfering with work and development or
that it is a "leftist deviation." These cadres fail to take
initiatives, lack awareness and vigor in work on the patriotic
education campaign. In fact, ever since the day in 1959 when
the Fourteenth Dalai fled, the Dalai clique has been
relentlessly focused on how to restore its old political
position. It has never relaxed in its efforts to infiltrate and
harm us. We have been able to achieve some victories and have
been able to maintain the initiative in the struggle with the
oppositional forces because we have towards the splittists
always maintained the line of "a clear position, confrontation,
take the initiative to oppose splittists, and strengthen our
base" in our work. Thus we have been able to keep the
initiative by keeping the pressure up by continually reducing
the space in which they can operate.

However, the more the situation improves, and the more vigilant
we become, the more will our will to fight wane. If this
continues, we might face "death by euthanasia." A fortress is
most easily attacked from within and an enemy is most likely
attack at a weak point. If our ideological resistance to
splittism should crumble, then the Dalai clique would be
overjoyed. In our prefecture there are always "strong currents
beneath the surface" in the monasteries, at the grassroots, and
even among the cadres there are many weak links. The

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"spokespersons" for the Dalai clique are always looking for an
opportunity to make waves. If we don't take timely action, the
enemies will take advantage of an opportunity. Therefore we
have to overcome feelings of battle fatigue and laziness. We
must be prepared for a long struggle in the fight against
splittism and for patriotic education.

iii. Solve the problem of an inadequate understanding of the
acute nature of the struggle

Currently, our struggle against the Dalai is in the "Late Dalai
Period" and so the anti-splittist struggle is becoming more and
more acute. The Dalai clique is increasing the intensity of
their subversion of our nationalities, our religious leaders,
and especially of their children and friends so as to build up
support. Moreover, they are linking up with "Taiwan
independence" and "democracy movement" activists and others who
oppose the Party and oppose socialism. They are joining hands
to sow chaos thus destroy the stability of our society. They
have a great deal to say about the issue of the "reincarnation"
of the Dalai Lama and will make strenuous efforts to control the
new Dalai Lama, to continue "Tibet independence" efforts to
split the motherland. They will support the Samdong forces --
(Consulate Note: reference is to Samdong Rinpoche, current
prime minister of the Dalai Lama's government-in-exile in
Dharamasala, India. Samdong Rinpoche is viewed by some as
favoring a more confrontational approach than does the Dalai
Lama. End note) -- within the Dalai clique and develop an armed
fighting force that will take advantage of opportunities to send
terrorists into China for sabotage. They will take advantage of
the weak links in the agricultural and pastoral areas of our
prefecture. They want to use the agricultural and pastoral
areas to surround the cities and so overturn the leading role of
the Party in the Tibetan areas. Yet the scope and seriousness
of the harm they do is even greater than this.

However among some cliques of cadres there are some who have
been too deeply poisoned by the Dalai. The reactionary ideology
of the Dalai has penetrated in the very marrow of their bones.
"Their stomach belongs to the Communist Party but their brain
belongs to the Dalai." And "They eat the Communist Party's food
but actually work for the Dalai". They take the power that the
organization and the people have confided in them to wave the
flag and talk the talk of the Dalai clique. They are paid by
the Party and the government but oppose the Party and
government. Some give a blind eye to splittists. Some know the
situation but do not report it. These people completely fail to
hold the political position and the line that they should. Some
send their children to monasteries to become Living Buddhas or
monks. Some send their children to India to be trained by the
Dalai clique and become traitors working for the Dalai. They
don't realize that the Dalai clique is not an "agent" working in
their interests. The only result of their worship of the Dalai
will be their own subjection and return to feudal status.
Therefore we must educate the broad masses of the cadres to link
their own ideals to the future and destiny of the country. They
should express their patriotism in their determination to help
their country by making good use of their talents in patriotic
actions. They need to heroically take part in the life and
death struggle against those who would damage national unity and
the unity of China's peoples.


B. Apply policy strictly to solve existing practical problems

The success of the patriotic education campaign will be
determined not only by the ideological issues discussed above
but also by the solution to practical problems.

i. Communist Party members and government cadres should not
take part in religious activities outside mainland China's
borders held by the Dalai clique such as the Teachings
(Kalachakra). Those who took part in took part in religious
activities such as the Teachings before the Patriotic Education
Campaign began, need only on their own initiative make a written
report explaining the circumstances to the organization before
November 30, 2007, make a deep self-examination and a pledge and
so need not be referred to the Party or government disciplinary
organs for discipline. However, those who do not make a report
or persist in their errors will without exception be subject to
strict discipline and organizational sanctions.

ii. Communist Party members and government cadres must not send
their children to schools run by the Dalai clique outside the
borders of mainland China or to study in abroad in any school at
the recommendation of or with the support of the Dalai clique.
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November 30, 2007 on their own initiative make a written report
to the organization, a strict self-examination and a pledge,
need not be referred to Party and government organs for
discipline. They must however return their children to China
within one year. If the children fall within the age range for
compulsory education, they must send them to a public school.
Anyone who conceals this situation will be punished.

iii. Communist Party members and state workers must not send
their children to monasteries to be monks or nuns or to become a
reincarnated living Buddha not approved by the government.
Those who on their own initiative make a written report
explaining the situation during the education campaign need not
be disciplined or given organizational punishment. However,
they must within three months make their minor children who have
become monks or nuns return to their home and make any child who
has become a reincarnated living Buddha not approved by the
government return home. They need to make an open statement to
society and file it with the Religious Affairs Bureau. If the
children fall within the age range for compulsory education,
they must send them to a public school. They need to make a
written report to the appropriate organization and examination.
But whomsoever does not comply with the request to return their
minor child home and openly terminate their illegal religious
occupational status, if they are a leading party cadre will be
given party disciplinary punishment. Ordinary party cadres will
be given party disciplinary punishment. Non-party cadres will
be given administrative punishment. For those who conceal their
circumstances and are given education but still refuse to make a
written explanation and refuse to make their minor child return
home from the monastery, return to secular life and go to a
school or refuse to make their minor child who without
government permission is being trained as a reincarnated Living
Buddha return home and renounce their illegal religious
occupational status, will be given strict Party disciplinary
punishments.

iv. A Communist Party member may not have two different faiths.
Without exception, any Communist Party member who promotes
religious fanaticism will be expelled from the Party. Anyone
who loses their faith in communism, is a fervent believer, or
has become a religious worker, and who does not change after
education, will be admonished to resign from the Party. If they
refuse to resign, they should be removed from the Party
membership rolls. In the case of people who are wavering in
their faith in communism, and is enthusiastic about
participating in or organizing religious activities, if after
criticism and education, they have changed their attitude and
manifested that change in their actions, then at the request of
that person, they can remain in the Party for a trial period.
If, after criticism and education, they still do not have
regrets, they should be admonished to resign from the Party.
Anyone who leads or lends their personal prestige to the
solicitation of contributions in cash, kind or in labor to the
repair or construction of temples, monasteries, churches or
shrines, in serious cases is to be expelled from the Communist
Party. Anyone who participates in religious activities because
of the influence of religious ideas or because of social or
family pressure, but is able to carry out the Party line,
guidelines and policies, should be given patient counseling and
education to help them free themselves in their thoughts and
actions from the bonds of religion. Any Party member at the
office director level or above, whose spouse is also a Party
member, who has a family altar should be given a strict
admonishment and ordered to remove the altar within a limited
time. If the member refuses to do so, they should be given the
most severe Party discipline. If both spouses are Party members
and ordinary cadres and have an altar in their house, they
should be given a strict admonishment and ordered to remove the
altar within a limited time. If they refuse to remove the altar,
they should be admonished to resign from the Party. Those who
are admonished to resign but do not do so should be removed from
the Party rolls.

v. Temples and monasteries must not accept people who left
mainland China in violation of regulations and then returned.
In the case of people who left before the 1996 Patriotic
Education Campaign was carried out in Tibetan Buddhist
monasteries and temples, if they have in their political stance
shown that they love both the country and religion and have
expressed no splittism in their words or actions, and strictly
abide by the "Religious Affairs Regulations" and the democratic
management system for temples and monasteries, and
conscientiously accept the management of the government
Religious Affairs Bureau, and have a clear attitude opposing the
Dalai cliques national splittist activities, then they can be

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exempt from expulsion if the temple democratic management
committee is willing to guarantee them. Otherwise these people
should all be expelled from the temples and monasteries. People
who left China mainland illegally after 1996 and returned should
be expelled without exception and the temple democratic
management committee and the county Buddhist association cancel
their status as a religious at a monastery and temple as well as
cancel their status as ordinary monks. In cases of monasteries
and temples that do not expel people who departed illegally and
then returned, the county party committee and government will
organize a working clique to go into the temple to resolve the
problem and make necessary changes.

vi. Reincarnated Living Buddhas approved by the government or
Living Buddhas who predate democratic reform who are recognized
by the government who are people's congress deputies at the
national, provincial, prefecture or county level, or who are
members of the People's Consultative Congress, or who are
chairpersons, vice chairpersons, general manager or director of
provincial, prefecture or county Buddhist Associations, or are
the chairperson or vice chairperson of temple democratic
management committees must not in violation of regulations
participate in Dalai clique religious activities outside of
mainland China such as the Teachings (Kalachakra). Those who
participated in Dalai clique religious activities such as the
Teachings (Kalachakra) prior to the education campaign, need
only provide a written explanation to the relevant department,
and undergo out a deep examination that is mainly educational
and are not handled organizationally. Those who conceal this
situation, and after education still do not provide a written
explanation to the relevant department and undergo a deep
examination, should, according to the relevant regulations, be
stripped of their leadership positions, including being stripped
of status as representatives or committee members or as leaders
of Buddhist Associations, or as leaders of a temple democratic
management committee, as well as status as a government
recognized, legal living Buddha. Anyone who publicly makes
Tibetan independence declarations that harm the unity of the
nationalities, national unity, or praise the Dalai clique will
without exception be stripped of their status as a monk residing
in a monastery by the county Buddhist association and expelled
from the monastery.


C. Ensure Strict Political Discipline; Solve the Problem of
Weak Stances

Strict enforcement of Party discipline is essential in the
struggle against the Dalai clique and in work to oppose national
splittism, preserve national unity, preserve the unity of the
nationalities, and stabilize society. If any of the problems
below appear among Party members and cadres, they should be
dealt with severely according to Party discipline and the law.

i. Whomsoever supports the Dalai clique and serves as an
internal agent for reactionary forces; plans, organizes,
participates in or supports splittist activity; whomsoever
stands together with the Dalai and argues that splittism is
right and openly spreads splittist statements; whomsoever takes
part in splittist activities in a large scale disturbance or
provides aid or comfort to splittist elements; whatever Party
member or government cadre on the important question of opposing
splittism, deliberately acts in opposition to the decisions or
arrangements made by superiors shall be stripped of all Party
and other posts and be handed over to the prosecutorial and law
enforcement organs for strict investigation and disposition
according to discipline and the law.

ii. Whomsoever tolerates or protects splittist activities; or
discovers the tracks or information about splittists and does
not report it; any Party member or government cadre who in a
critical moment in the fight against splittists does not push
forward but instead hangs back or runs away will be demoted,
lose their position or be fired altogether and then handed over
to the investigative and prosecutorial organs for strict
investigation and disposition; in serious cases the person will
be handed over to the courts for investigation and disposition
of the case according to law.

iii. Whomsoever in the fight against splittists has a lukewarm
or two-faced attitude; does not criticize the splittists in
their words and actions and does not oppose them or fight them;
or creates, believes or spread rumors; or who upon discovering
that their co-workers, spouses or children participate in
splittist activities, do not criticize them or even protect
them; or whomsoever prints, spreads or distributes reactionary
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the nationalities; or puts up a picture of the 14th Dalai; or
Party and government cadres who accept that the Dalai clique has
recognized their spouse or children as living Buddhas, if they
show that they are determined to correct their errors can be
treated lightly; however if after education they do not improve
they should be demoted, removed or fired from their present
leadership position and then handed over to the disciplinary
investigative organs for strict disposition.

iv. If a Party member cadres is slow to carry out or is lax as
a leader in executing the directives and decisions of the
provincial party committee; or has an unclear understanding of
the struggle with the splittists, or is lax in preparing for
eventualities that might occur or has not made a timely and
decisive response to major events that have occurred, if the
political consequences are serious, the according to the
situation, their leadership position might be changed or they
could be demoted, removed from their position, asked to resign
or fired. If they consequences are serious, they are handed
over to disciplinary organs for investigation and disposition.


D. Improve the organization of the system so that long-term
effective measures can be established.

The patriotic education campaign is a long-term project that
each county should implement according to the local situation.
Faced with different objects of educational work, creativity
should be used to continually devise new methods and measures.
Taking lessons from experience, the system should be improved so
that the educational campaign can be effective over the long
term. The first is to establish a firm leadership
responsibility system so that the leader get personally involved
and take full responsibility. Wherever there is a party
organization and the masses there must be various measures in
place to educate them. There must be no empty spaces and
neglected corners in the system. The second is to establish a
firm propaganda and educational system that firms up the
ideological and political basis of the anti-splittist fight and
will take the initiative to occupy the ideological ground of the
anti-splittist fight. Strengthening education and propaganda
work among children and youth is especially important to work
hard to prepare them to build society as they succeed the older
generation in the coming years. Third is to build a system that
supports the anti-splittist fight in the ideological and
cultural arenas. This will ensure the absolute leadership of
the Party over news and publishing, broadcasting and television,
the cultural market, and the Internet. Fourth is the
establishment of a system for managing religious affairs that
will firmly implement regulatory frameworks such as the
"Religious Affairs Regulations", "The Management Regulations for
the Reincarnation of Living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism", and
"The Tibetan Buddhist Religious Affairs Management Work
Responsibility System Regulations", strengthening the management
of religious venues, religious workers so as to a stable
religious situation. Fifth, establish procedures for building
local grassroots organizations so that work, working style,
ideology, and overall conditions can be improved there and
thereby strengthen the creativity, cohesiveness and fighting
ability of grassroots Party organizations.

III. Improve Approaches and Methods to that the Patriotic
Education Campaign will be successful.


A. Strengthen leadership

The educational campaign is being carried out under the joint
leadership of the provincial, prefecture and county party
committees. The Sichuan Province Communist Party Committee
established a leading group to guide education. The Ganzi
Prefecture Communist Party Committee also established a leading
group that is responsible for the organization, leadership and
implementation of the educational campaign throughout the
prefecture. At the same time, the Prefecture Party Committee
ten leading groups each headed by Prefecture level leaders which
went to each county to guide work there. Each county
established corresponding organizations, headed by the county
Party secretary that took all-round responsibility for
leadership, organization and coordination in the county. Highly
responsible, hardworking, comrades with excellent reputations
among the cadres were chosen to organize and county guided team
members guide educational campaign work in rural districts and
townships of county level temples and monasteries,
businesspeople, and schools. They ensure that people have the
proper understanding of ideology, that the organizations and
their leadership meet standards, that work is performed
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progress on goals is evaluated properly. After today's
conference of patriotic education campaign workers is concluded,
the prefecture and county organization workers will be promptly
assigned so that they can provide guidance according to their
specific assignment.


B. Provide Appropriate Guidance According to the Group and
Situation

In order to improve effectiveness, each county according to the
specific situation there, according to the guidelines in the
"Implementation Plan" will carry out education work for
different groups and organizations. Among cadres and government
cadres, their awareness and firmness in the Marxist "four views
and two theories", confidence in their beliefs, showing their
position clearly by exposing the Dalai, opposing splittism, and
improve their understanding of what is right and what is wrong.
Strengthen the realization among the broad masses of farmers and
herders that "unity is a blessing, division and disturbances are
disasters" and promote unity in ideology, a focus on becoming
prosperous, a quest for development, harmony, and a new working
style in order to achieve a healthy and good life. The
awareness of monks and nuns that they are part of the Chinese
nation and their understanding of the concepts of government,
citizenship, and the law should be strengthened. They need to
be brave in breaking with the Dalai and joining in the fight.
In the education of children and youth, their awareness of the
Eight Honors and the Eight Shames -- (Note: A list of eight
actions and attitudes that are good for the country that one
should be proud of and eight other actions bad for the country
that one should be ashamed of. End note) -- and of core
socialist values should be strengthened. Strengthen their
scientific world-view including atheism through propaganda and
education. Incessantly employ Marxism to occupy the ideological
ground in the minds of children and youth. In work with
self-employed people, workers and merchants as well as migrant
worker from outside the region, strengthen education in the
"Four Protects" and see that they promise not to do an business
in or to sell images or badges of the 14th Dalai, not to do
business in or sell any banned publications or audiovisual
materials. They should pledge to do business and work honesty
as their contribution to peace and harmony.


C. Make Campaign Activities Clear

Focus on strengthening the study of the talks, instructions, and
the spirit of the instructions and collective study sessions of
the provincial and prefecture leaders in order to raise the
level of discussions and of policy. Profoundly reveal and
criticize the reactionary nature of the Dalai. Use
"Anti-splittist Struggle Exhibitions" and the broadcast of
patriotic audiovisual materials and other effective methods to
carry out comparative education so that the broad masses of
cadres realize clearly the superiority of socialism, and that is
an historical fact that only socialism under the leadership of
the Chinese Communist Party can save China and make possible its
development. The campaign should stay focused on topic and have
a good open discussion, the parameters which are set first by
the various ranks of leading cadres who set a good example by
expressing clearly their political position and attitudes
towards the "Four views and two theories", the Dalai clique, and
the "August 1" Litang incident. In this way they show their
loyalty to the Party, motherland and people and their
determination to fight together against the enemy.


D. Work brings success

The current educational campaign began on October 10 and
concludes in mid December. It is divided into three levels -
cadres and government employees, monks and nuns in monasteries
and nunneries, and the masses. We need to deploy our
campaigners properly to carry out study and education work, and
summarize and consolidate our work on these three stages. Time
is short, the task is important; there are many steps to take.
Each county must make detailed plans, organize carefully, think
broadly, make well thought out arrangements, handle conflicts
between work and study well, and carry out well each stage of
educational campaign work. Especially important is combining
the educational campaign at the grassroots with the building of
organization at that level with the elections of new village
leaders. Campaign work should be combined with collecting guns
and repressing violence, and other work to improve social order,
including projects to boost incomes and health and otherwise
benefit the people to realize the Two No Mistakes and the Two
Progresses".


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E. Stress Improved Methods

Each county should make the content of educational work more
profound, expand their audiences, and find new ways to carry the
message in order in the spirit of "Do what is required by
regulations, but also find ways to express it in your own way to
make it special" so that political content, theory and policy,
and their expression in action become an organic whole. This
will boost the penetration and persuasiveness of the patriotic
education campaign. We need to properly guide public opinion,
broaden the propaganda channels, and find better ways to express
the propaganda message so as to create a dense social atmosphere
filled with the healthy air of anti-splittism and patriotism.
Specialized work groups should be organized to do clean ups of
the cultural markets in their areas. Be determined to find and
confiscate from the public cultural markets and market images of
the 14th Dalai and other banned books and periodicals, optical
disks, recordings etc.


F. Firmly Uphold Stability

In educational campaign work, have a clear understanding of
policy, pay attention to work methods, and ensure that
instability does not occur during the campaign period. Every
county should further deepen its "Campaign for Examining and
Resolving Conflicts and Disagreements", make a quick appearance
to channel public sentiments, eliminate hidden problems, and
manage conflicts to make them less acute. Further strengthen
work to preserve stability and eliminate hidden problems, and do
preparatory work to handle incidents that might occur suddenly.
Strengthen social controls and increase the collection of
information. Discover early sources of instability and get them
under control and resolve the problem well.

Comrades, history and reality inform us that only with national
unity can the nationalities develop. Only when the country is
strong will the nationalities get respect. Only if we persevere
in the struggle against the splittist activities of the Dalai
clique will we have a stable and united political situation.
Only if we can maintain the stability of the society will we be
able to concentrate on accelerated development, social progress
and high level of material civilization and high living
standards. Unity is a blessing; division is a disaster.
Stability is a blessing; disorder is a disaster. We should
certainly hold high the banner of patriotism, promote our
national spirit, and actively seek to make contributions to the
development and progress of our motherland. Let us spare no
effort in the struggle to make our people healthy, wealthy and
stable.

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