No, it holds no water with me. The problem is that the PRC is full of crap and does not want to admit the real problem. The real problem is that they do not just want to maintain the historic ties between Tibet and China, nor do they want to bring freedom and progress to a region of their own land. They want to dominate and eliminate all things Tibetan. Don't believe me? Check this out (
Tibet): - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In 2005, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's offered to hold talks with the 14th Dalai Lama on the Tibet issue, provided he dropped the demand for independence. The Dalai Lama said in an interview with the South China Morning Post "We are willing to be part of the People's Republic of China, to have it govern and guarantee to preserve our Tibetan culture, spirituality and our environment." He had already said he would accept Chinese sovereignty over Tibet but insisted on real autonomy over its religious and cultural life. The Tibetan government-in-exile called on the Chinese government to respond.[85] The move was seen to be unpopular with some Tibetans in exile, particularly among the younger generation.[85]
In January 2007 the Dalai Lama, in an interview on a private television channel, said "What we demand from the Chinese authority is more autonomy for Tibetans to protect their culture." He added that he had told the Tibetan people not to think in terms of history and to accept Tibet as a part of China.[86]"
When China stops pratteling on about how Tibet and China are "one" (even though historically they have been seperated and joined and separated and joined more often than Britney Spears has been to rehab or refused to go to court) and steps up and accepts the fact that a real compromise has been offered and admits that what they really want is to dominate and culturally and religiously trample the rights Tibetans should enjoy, then they can talk. Until then they need to get out and STFU!