Nigerian think-tanks hail development of Tibet, China

Intellectuals in Nigeria have hailed the fruitful achievements recorded in all fields in China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

The Nigerian think-tanks, comprising senior officials, analysts, researchers, scholars and representatives of leading media organizations, gathered at the Chinese Embassy in Abuja late Wednesday to watch a Chinese movie titled "Phurbu & Tenzin" and further discussed, objectively, the rapid development in Tibet.

The two-hour long movie emphasized the dark history of the old Tibet ruled by feudal serfdom, and also the dramatic social changes and economic development in Tibet after the emancipation in 1951.

Charles Onunaiju, the executive director of China Study Center in Abuja, said the movie should be termed evergreen because "it has put on record all the developmental stages of Tibet for all generations to see, learn and objectively understand how China has continued to play its big brother role."

Bayo Adetu, a senior journalist, said the movie had further made him understand how Tibet had achieved social and economic development and reaching higher levels under the system of regional ethnic autonomy.

Earlier in his opening speech, Gu Xiaojie, the Chinese ambassador in Nigeria, said it was instructive to note that the development and changes in Tibet are obvious to everyone.

"Any fair-minded person would be filled with amazement, and anyone who cares about Tibet will be pleased to see all these," he said.

In August last year, the Central Communist Party of China held the Sixth Forum on Work of Tibet, which mapped out the grand blueprint of the development of Tibet. Endit