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Actor and Pro Tibet activist, Richard Gere on Wednesday (April 23) called on the U.S. administration to do more to stop the Chinese crackdown on Tibet. Speaking to lawmakers along with the special envoy to the Dalai Lama, Gere had some harsh words for the Bush administration.
"I was beginning to wonder how we can trust this administration to do the right thing when they can't apparently find Tibet on a map. I am still
waiting for the president to throw some weight behind this issue and become
publicly engaged. We are looking for effective policies that yield results for
those who are suffering now," Gere said.
Some Tibetan leaders are demanding independence from China. But the
spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, says that he does not wish for
Tibetan independence, but rather greater autonomy.
Gere is urging the U.S. administration to impose more pressure on China to start dialogue with the Dalai Lama and stop the human rights violations
against the Tibetan people.
Some representatives are also calling on China to allow access to Tibet by U.N. delegations and the media.

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Why is the Tibet question so intractable that no leader in Beijing has managed to resolve it so far? First there is the complexity of history, with claims and counterclaims pertaining to the ownership of Tibet. Second, in dealing with the Tibetans, Beijing is confronted with a people whose sense of a united nationhood stretches back at least as far as the seventh century.