(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-07-03 00:15

BEIJING  -- The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC), though seemingly a civil organization, is a radical spearhead of violence supported and employed by the Dalai Lama clique, according to a Chinese Tibetologist.

The TYC was set up in 1970 at the direct incitement of the Dalai Lama, said Xie Gangzheng, a research fellow at the Sichuang Tibetology Research Center in southwestern China's Sichuan Province.

The organization was set up with the aim of colluding with "pro-independence" Tibetan youths "in-exile" to carry out secessionist activities, according to Xie.

Although ostensibly a civil organization, the TYC has been the backbone of the Tibetan "government-in-exile" since 1990, as currently 90 percent of the "government-in-exile" personnel were TYC members, according to Xie.

Since 1992, all the Kalon Tribas, or "prime ministers," of the Tibetan "government-in-exile," including the current Kalon Triba Samdom Rinpoche, were also TYC members, Xie said.

"The TYC are no different from the Tibetan 'government-in-exile' in their pursuit of 'Tibet independence' and internationalizing the Tibet issue," Xie said.

VIOLENT ACTIVITIES

According to Xie, the TYC has since its founding been a radical organization that aims to split China through violence.

Xie said the current president of the TYC, Cewang Rigzin, has refused to make any guarantees against violence since he was elected in August 2007.

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