SOUTHWEST CHINA: PARTY ORDER TO ENFORCE DISCIPLINE OF

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SUBJECT: SOUTHWEST CHINA: PARTY ORDER TO ENFORCE DISCIPLINE OF
TIBETAN CADRES

REF: A. 07 CHENGDU 21

B. 07 CHENGDU 247

C. 08 CHENGDU 56

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




1. (S/NF) Summary: Classified regulations issued in late 2007
by the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Southwest China's
Sichuan Province outline in detail sanctions to be taken against
Communist Party members who participate in Dalai Lama teachings
abroad or allow their children to study to become Buddhist monks
or nuns. The regulations were adopted as part of a harsh
"patriotic education campaign" initiated in Ganzi well before
the March 2008 outbreak of unrest throughout Tibetan areas of
China. It is rumored locally that Ganzi Party Secretary Liu
Daoping will soon be made a Vice Governor of Qinghai Province
(birthplace of the Dalai Lama) where he will be tasked with
organizing a thorough patriotic education campaign in the
traditionally Tibetan areas of Amdo. End Summary.


2. (S/NF) A local government contact (strictly protect) recently
provided us a copy of a November 2007 Sichuan Province Ganzi
Prefecture Communist Party order (translated by ConGen in full
below) adopted as part of a patriotic education campaign to
enforce Party discipline and weed out ethnic Tibetan cadres who
might be supportive of the Dalai Lama. The order appears to
have been issued in response to resistance encountered in
implementing the pilot stage of the patriotic education campaign
that was launched in Litang (Tibetan: Lithang) in Ganzi
(Tibetan: Kardze) in mid 2007. Tibetan nomad Runggye Adak,
whose public call for the return of the Dalai Lama at the August
2007 Litang horse race festival resulted in his arrest and
prefecture-wide protests, previously attended Dalai Lama
teachings in India and had children studying in schools in India
(see ref a). After the "Litang Incident," Ganzi's pilot
patriotic education campaign was extended as planned to the
entire prefecture but became more intense as well.


3. (C) The principal purpose of the Ganzi patriotic education
campaign had been to reduce the influence of the Dalai Lama and
religious leaders among the 800,000 ethnic Tibetans who live in
the prefecture. Forced denunciations of the Dalai Lama and
harsh treatment of monks, nuns and believers raised local
tensions in Ganzi that became more intense after the March 2008
outbreak of unrest that began in Lhasa.

Promotion for Ganzi Party Secretary?
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4. (C) According to a rumor circulating among Tibetans in Ganzi
in early 2009, Prefecture Party Secretary Li Daoping may soon be
made vice governor of Qinghai Province, perhaps to implement a
strong patriotic education campaign there. Li Daoping's October
2007 speech on the aims of the Ganzi patriotic education
campaign is discussed and translated in full in ref c. Monks
and intellectuals from and in the Amdo area (Qinghai, and
adjacent Tibetan parts of Gansu and Sichuan Provinces) played a
major part in the March 2008 demonstrations in Lhasa and their
aftermath.


5. (SBU) Summaries of Ganzi newspaper reports on the patriotic
education campaign in the prefecture are available on the ConGen
Chengdu website on Intelink-SBU at URL
www.intelink.gov/communities/state/chengdu/ti bet.


6. (S/NF) Begin ConGen Translation of Ganzi Party Order:

Secret

Chinese Communist Party Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Party Committee

Ganzi Party Committee (2007) No.110

Opinion of the Chinese Communist Party Ganzi Committee and Ganzi
Prefecture People's Government on Specific Issues in Properly
Handling the Patriotic Education Campaign

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To county party committees, county people's governments,
prefecture level departments, provincial level administration
and enterprise units, and enterprise units directly under the
prefecture:

In order to properly implement the patriotic education campaign
throughout the prefecture and specifically to handle problems
that showed up in the implementation of the patriotic education
pilot program at Lithang that reflect prefecture-wide problems,
according to laws, regulations and orders from the central,
provincial and prefecture levels such as the "Chinese Communist
Party Charter" and the "Chinese Communist Party Disciplinary and
Punishment Regulations;" the "Civil Service Law of the PRC;" the
"Regulations on Administrative Punishments of Civil Servants;"
the "PRC Compulsory Education Law;" the "Ministry of Supervision
Notice on Application of Administrative Punishments to Retired
Civil Servants;" the "Chinese Communist Party Sichuan Party
Committee Organization Department Regulation Five Applicable to
Party Members and Cadres for Opposing Dalai Lama Clique
Splittist Activities," and the "Chinese Communist Party Ganzi
Prefecture Draft Regulations on Further Strengthening Political
Discipline," following the principles of seeking truth from
facts, of learning from past mistakes to avoid future ones,
treating the illness to save the patient, the following opinions
on handling these problems are set forth.


I. Participation in Teachings and Other Religious Activities
Held by the Dalai Lama Clique


1. For Communist Party members and government workers
(understand to include personnel on leave or retired),before
the start of the patriotic education campaign throughout Ganzi
Prefecture, the following opinions are set forth for the proper
handling of the cases of personnel who previously participated
in teachings (henceforth referred to as teachings held outside
mainland China's borders) or other religious activities held by
the Dalai Lama clique:


A. Whoever voluntarily comes forward and admits to having
participated in teachings held outside China's borders and
provides a written explanation, an investigation that stresses
education and includes a written acknowledgement is made, then
that case shall not be handled as a disciplinary or
organizational matter.


B. Whomsoever has, during the period in which teachings are
held, gone abroad to India or Nepal, and cannot during the All
Ganzi Prefecture Patriotic Education Campaign, make a clear
explanation and prove that they have not participated in a
teaching held outside of China's borders, shall, in the case of
a leading Communist Party member or cadre, be admonished to
resign their membership in the Chinese Communist Party or if
they refuse to resign, be expelled.

-- If the Party member is an ordinary cadre, and they do not
resign from the Party after admonishment, then they shall be
reduced administratively in rank and subject to organizational
discipline.
-- If the cadre is not a Party member, then they shall be
administratively reduced in rank and subject to organizational
discipline.
-- In the case of a retired or on leave Party cadre, they shall
be admonished to resign from the Party and expelled if they do
not.
-- Furthermore, their pension will be reduced as an
organizational punishment. In the case of a retired cadre who
is not a member of the Communist Party, their pension shall be
reduced as an organizational punishment.


C. Whomsoever, on the false pretext of visiting relatives,
visiting friends, or travel intentionally conceals their
participation in teachings outside China's borders and, after an
organizational investigation, still refuses to make a written
explanation of the matter, and does not take part in an
investigation and make written acknowledgements, then if that
person is a Party cadre, they shall be subject to the punishment
of "double expulsion" (expulsion from the Chinese Communist
Party and firing from their government job). If they are not a
Communist Party cadre, they shall be punished by dismissal from

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their government job.


D. During the All Ganzi Prefecture Patriotic Education Campaign
the deadline for voluntarily making a written explanation of
having participated in teachings or other religious activities
held outside China's borders is November 30, 2007.


2. After the All Ganzi Prefecture Patriotic Education Campaign,
any Communist Party member or government worker (to be
understood as including personnel who are retired or on leave)
who violates this opinion by participating in teachings or
religious activities outside China's borders shall once
discovered as a rule be fired from their government job. If the
person is a Party member, they will also be expelled from the
Chinese Communist Party.

II. Sending Children Outside China's Borders to Study at
Schools Operated by the Dalai Lama Clique


1. Cases of any Communist Party member or government worker (to
be understood to include personnel retired or on leave) who
before the All Ganzi Prefecture Patriotic Education Campaign
sent a child to a school outside China's borders operated by the
Dalai Lama Clique or receives an introduction and assistance
from the Dalai Lama Clique in studying in any country shall be
handled according to the following opinions:


A. Whomsoever, during the Patriotic Education Campaign,
voluntarily provides the organization a written explanation and
undergoes a deep examination that stresses education and makes
written acknowledgements may in some cases be exempt from
discipline and organizational handling of the case. However,
they must bring their children back from overseas within one
year and, if the children are of compulsory education age, send
them to a public school to study.


B. Whomsoever makes an explanation to the organization,
undergoes an examination and makes a written acknowledgement,
but did not bring their children back to China within the period
stipulated by regulations, shall in the case of a Party members
be punished with a "double expulsion" (expulsion from the Party
and loss of government job). In the case of a non-Party member,
they shall be fired from their government job.


C. During the All Ganzi Prefecture Patriotic Education Campaign
the deadline for voluntarily making a written explanation and
examination about having sent a child to a school outside
China's borders operated by the Dalai Lama Clique or receives an
introduction and assistance from the Dalai Lama Clique in
studying in any country is November 30, 2007.


2. Any Chinese Communist Party member or government worker
(understand to include personnel who are retired or on leave)
who after the All Ganzi Prefecture Patriotic Education Campaign,
violates this opinion and still sends his child to a school
outside China's borders operated by the Dalai Lama Clique or
receives an introduction and assistance from the Dalai Lama
Clique in studying in any country, once it is discovered, shall
be fired from their government job and Party members also
expelled from the Party.

III. Minor Children Who Enter the Monastery as Monks or Nuns Or
Persons Who Have Illegally Reincarnated as Living Buddhas
Without Government Permission (no age restriction)


1. Communist Party members and government workers (to be
understood to include personnel who have retired or are on
leave) who before the All Ganzi Patriotic Education Campaign had
already sent their children (minors) become monks or nuns in
monasteries or allowed their children (no age limit) to become a
reincarnated Buddha without government permission, should be
handled according to the following opinions:


A. If, during the Patriotic Education Campaign, a voluntary
written report is made to the organization, and within three
months the minor child who became a monk or nun returns home
from the monastery or the minor child who became a reincarnated
lama without government permission returns home and acknowledges
to the county news media and society that they have terminated
their religious status and illegal reincarnate Buddha status; or

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acknowledges to the county media and society that their adult
child's status as an illegal non-government recognized status as
an incarnate Buddha has terminated, then that person might not
be subject to Party discipline or governmental organizational
disposition. Moreover, if the children are of compulsory
education age, they shall be sent to a public school to study.


B. If a written explanation of the situation is provided to the
organization and an examination is done, but the person does not
as required:

-- get their minor children who have become monks or nuns back
home from the monastery; or
-- has not gotten back home a minor child who has become an
illegal reincarnated Buddha without government permission; or
-- has not publicly acknowledged that their religious status or
status as an illegal reincarnated Buddha has terminated; or
-- has not publicly terminated the status of the adult child as
an illegal incarnated lama not recognized by the government,
shall in the case of a leading Party cadre (including a leader
who does not have a leadership position) be expelled from the
Communist Party and punished by being relieved from their
government duties or more serious administrative punishment.

In the case of a Party member who is an ordinary cadre, they
shall be expelled from the Communist Party and they shall be
administratively reduced in rank in their government job. In
the case of a non-Party government worker, they shall be given
an administrative punishment of reduction in rank.


2. If after the conclusion of the All Ganzi Patriotic Education
Campaign, a Party member or government worker violates this
opinion, and still sends their child to become a monk or nun in
a monastery or to become an illegal reincarnate lama not
recognized by the government, then once this is discovered they
shall be fired from their government job. In the case of a
Party member, they shall be expelled from the Party at the same
time.

IV. Cases of Workers in State Organizations and Enterprise
Units Shall be Handled According to this Opinion


V. The Disciplinary and Investigative Commission of the Ganzi
Prefecture Communist Party Commission and the Prefecture
Supervisory Bureau are responsible for the interpretation of
this opinion. The Disciplinary and Investigative Commission of
the Ganzi Prefecture Communist Party Committee, the Organization
Department of the Ganzi Prefecture Communist Party Committee,
the Ganzi Prefecture Government Supervisory Bureau, the
Prefecture Personnel Department, the Prefecture Labor and Social
Security Bureau are responsible for implementing this opinion.

VI. This opinion is effective from the date of its publication.

Ganzi Prefecture Communist Party Committee (seal)

Ganzi Prefecture People's Government (seal)

November 6, 2007

End Translated Text.
BOUGHNER