The following is an online article published by Voice of Tibet, a broadcaster from Norway.
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→ Madrid considers inviting Dalai Lama to take part in Peace Conference – Communist China Overseas United Front Organization: this Hurts the Feelings of the Chinese People
Voice of Tibet, Febr 17, 2017 – The mayor of Madrid has met the American film star and Tibet supporter Richard Gere and mandated him to invite His Holiness the Dalai Lama to attend a peace forum in April. Communist Chinese organization “→ China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification”, immediately expressed protest towards the Madrid city government, saying that the Dalai Lama was a “defector”, and demanding that Madrid should not “hurt the dignity of Chinese people, nor hurt Chinese feelings”.
【西藏之声2017年2月17日报道】西班牙马德里市市长会见美国援藏影星理查•基尔，拜托他邀达赖喇嘛尊者出席4月的一场和平论坛。中共海外统战机构“中国和平统一促进会”立即向马德里市政府表达抗议，称达赖喇嘛是“叛逃者”，并要求马德里市不要“伤害中国人的尊严，伤害中国人的感情”。
A number of Spanish media have concurrently reported that American film star Richard Gere visited Madrid. The website “Think Spain” reported on February 15 that on February 14, Madrid mayor Manuela Carmena had met with Richard Gere.
西班牙多家媒体近日均报道了美国影星理查•基尔到访马德里市的新闻。ThinkSPAIN网站 15日报道说，14日当天，马德里市女市长卡梅娜（Manuela Carmena）与理查•基尔见面。
Carmena mandated Gere to deliver an invitation to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, hoping that His Holiness would take part in the “Forum on Violence and Education for Peace”, to be held in Madrid from April 17 to April 19. It is reported that mayors from various big cities worldwide, political leaders, and social science experts are going to attend.
卡梅娜拜托基尔向达赖喇嘛转达邀请，希望尊者能够参加定于4月17日至19日在马德里举行的“暴力与和平教育论坛”（Forum on Violence and Education for Peace），据悉将有世界各大城市的市长、政治领袖，以及社会科学专家出席。
In an article published on their official website, the CCP-United-Front-led “China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification” pointed out that members of the Spanish [secton of the] “China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification” had, “for the first time, taken action, and convened leadership meetings for that very night”, and with their efforts during that night, they had drafted “a protest letter, seriously protesting the Tibetan independence ‘separatist Dalai Lama’s participation’ in the ‘Madrid Peace Forum’.”
由中共统战部指挥安排的“中国和平统一促进会”17日于官网刊文，指西班牙中国和平统一促进会成员“第一时间行动起来，连夜召开骨干会议”并且在“连夜努力下”起草了一封“严重抗议‘藏独’分裂者达赖喇嘛出席‘马德里和平论坛’”的抗议信。”
Members of said organisation handed the protest letter to Madrid city government staff, demanding that it should be handed to the mayor. According to their statements, Communist Chinese embassy officials also made representations to the city government.
该组织几名成员将抗议信交给马德里市政府工作人员，要求转交市长。而据他们的新闻声明，中共驻西班牙大使馆的官员也向该市政府就此进行了交涉。
In their protest letter, the Chinese Communist United Front organization “China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification” [abreviated by VoT author] vilified the Dalai Lama as someone who had defected abroad, carrying out activities [intended to] split the motherland … attacking the Tibet policies of the Chinese central government and Tibet’s development and progress … inciting believers to create violent incidents and to damage stability in the Tibetan region …”
在抗议信中，中共海外统战机构“统促会”诋毁达赖喇嘛“叛逃国外，进行分裂祖国的活动……攻击中国中央政府的西藏政策和西藏的发展进步……并煽动信众制造暴力事件，破坏藏区稳定……”
The “China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification” [abreviated by VoT author], just as other Chinese Communist organizations “representing” the common Chinese people, said they hoped that the Madrid city government “won’t hurt the dignity of Chinese people, or hurt their feelings.”
统促会并如其他中共机构一般“代表”了中国百姓，称希望马德里政府“不要伤害中国人的尊严，伤害中国人的感情。”
Recently, University of California San Diego branch university’s invitation to the Dalai Lama to attend the graduation ceremony raised protest from its overseas Chinese student groups. The management didn’t change their decision, and the overseas Chinese student groups modified their protests to demanding that it should be ensured that the Dalai Lama’s speech should not touch upon politics.
近日，美国加州大学圣地亚哥分校因计划邀请达赖喇嘛出席毕业典礼，而引起该校中国留学生团体的抗议。校方未改变决定，留学生团体便转为要求确保达赖喇嘛的讲话不牵涉政治。
Columbia University Contemporary Tibetan Studies Institute director Professor Robert Barnett pointed out in an interview with INSIDE HIGHERED that everyone should be aware of this kind of foreign governments’ bullying against academic institutions. He praised the university for not withdrawing from an important position, but also suggested that it should immediately open opportunities for dialogue between the Chinese students and the Dalai Lama, such as arranging a private meeting between them and the Dalai Lama.
哥伦比亚大学现代西藏研究所所长罗伯特•巴内特（Robert Barnett）接受媒体INSIDE Highered采访时指出，各方应该关注此类学术机构被外国政府霸凌的现象。他赞扬校方没有后退是一个重要的立场，但也提议校方立刻打开与中国学生对话的机遇，比如安排他们与达赖喇嘛之间的私下会面。
The VoT article adds a photo apparently first posted by the “reunification council”, taken by the latter as they “ran into” Chinese embassy staff at the Madrid city government premises as they taking their protest letter there.
VoT’s online article apparently refers to → this online posting by the “reunification council”. Here goes:
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→ Madrid City Mayor invites Dalai Lama participation in “Madrid Peace Forum” – Spanish [section of] the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification hands Letter of Protest to Madrid City Government
On February 15, Madrid city mayor Manuela Carmena met with famous visiting American film star Richard Gere, and expressed her hope that she could invite the Dalai Lama through Gere, to attend the Madrid “Concerning Municipal Violence and Peace-handling Forum of the Educational World”. Richard Gere is a believer in Tibetan Buddhism, and a faithful follower of the Dalai Lama.
2月15日，马德里市长Manuela Carmena会见了到访的美国著名影星Richard Gere，表达了希望能够通过他邀请达赖喇嘛参加马德里城市“关于城市暴力与和平相处教育世界论坛”。Richard Gere是藏传佛教的信徒，也是达赖喇嘛的忠实追随者。
As the news had burst out, it immediately caught the attention of Chinese people travelling Spain. Ever since the Dalai Lama’s defection in 1959, the establishment of a “exile government” and the drafting a bogus constitution, he has carried out actions to split the motherland.
新闻爆出之后，立即引起了旅西华人的关注。达赖喇嘛自从1959年叛国以来，建立“流亡政府”，制定伪宪法，进行分裂祖国的活动。
Once the news was reported, and everyone became aware of the situation, the Spanish [section of] the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification under the leadership of chairman → Xu Songhua, took action for the first time, immediately in the same night, convening a leadership meeting. At the meeting, all unified their ideology, pooled knowledge for everyone’s benefit, and reported to related parties. In the end, a protest letter, bilingual in Chinese and Tibetan, ‘”seriously protesting ‘Tibetan independence’ divider Dalai Lama’s attendence at the ‘Madrid Peace Forum’ was drafted.
新闻一经报道，大家在得知这样的情况后，西班牙中国和平统一促进会在徐松华主席的带领下，第一时间行动起来，立即连夜召开的骨干会议。在会议上大家统一思想、集思广益，并且向有关方面做了汇报。最终起草了一封“严重抗议‘藏独’分裂者达赖喇嘛出席‘马德里和平论坛’”的中西文双语抗议信。
The letter was completed with the efforts of everyone during that night, and early next morning, under the leadership of Chairman Xu Songhua – together with → Fundación Orient chairman of the board and Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification senior consultant Julia Zhang, deputy chairman Liu Guangxin and Xu Zhenhai – was handed to Madrid city government.
信件在大家连夜的努力之下起草完毕，并且在第二天一早在徐松华主席的带领下，一同诚信基金会董事长、西班牙中国和平统一促进会高级顾问Julia张女士，副主席刘光新和徐振海交于马德里市政府。
When the four arrived at Madrid city government, time was nearing closing time, and in the end, the four handed the letter to city government staff, to have them pass it on to mayor Carmena, and expressed their severe protest. As they were leaving, they ran into Chinese embassy’s [title] Huang Yazhong and spokesman Ji Dengyun. The two had just made serious representations to the Madrid city government on behalf of the embassy in Spain, concerning the matter. Having bumped into each other, the two sides exchanged their views and opinions, expressing anger and strong protest against mayor Carmena’s mistaken practice of hurting the friendship between the peoples of China and Spain.
一行四人抵达马德里市政府已经接近下班时间，最终四人将信件交给市政府的工作人员，让其转交给马德里市长Carmena女士。并表达了严厉的抗议。四人一出市政府门口，迎面碰上驻西大使馆公参黄亚中和新闻发言人吉登云。他俩代表驻西使馆就此事件刚刚也向马德里市政府严重交涉过。在此一碰，双方交换了意见看法，对卡梅拉市长伤害中西人民友谊的错误做法表示愤怒和强烈抗议。
The protest letter’s complete wording:
抗议信件全文如下：
Seriously protesting “Tibetan Independence” Separatist Dalai Lama’s Attendence at “Madrid Peace Forum”
Respected Madrid City Mayor Ms Carmena:
尊敬的马德里市政府市长卡梅拉女士：
[no translation found]
春祺不一。
We thank Madrid mayor and Madrid city government for their participation in the Chinese Spring Festival activities, their support and help. We appreciate it.
感谢市长和马德里市政府在庆祝中国春节活动中的参与，支持与帮助。我们予以积极评价。
Yesterday, at the shocking news that you wanted to invite the Dalai Lama through American film star Richard Gere, from April 19 to 21, at the Madrid “Concerning Municipal Violence and Peace-handling Forum of the Educational World”, we felt shock and disbelief. Therefore, we send you a letter to cancel this mistaken decision.
昨日，惊悉您通过美国影星李察？基尔，欲邀请达赖参加四月十九曰至二十一日，在马德里召开的”关于城市暴力和平相处教育世界论坛”，我们感到震惊，不可思议。所以，致函您取消这一错误決定。
What kind of man is the Dalai Lama? He is one of the → Gelug school‘s Living Buddhas. Ever since he defected abroad in 1959, he established of a “exile government”, drafted a bogus constitution, and has carried out actions to split the motherland. Under a banner of “peace”, “non-violence”, and “human rights”, he scuttles to every place, spreading rumors, building up international public opinion, gaining uninformed peoples’ sympathy, attacking the Tibet policies of the Chinese central government and Tibet’s development and progress. He deceives, bewitches, bribes, utilizes and incites some believers to create all kinds of disturbances and uses every opportunity to damage stability in the Tibetan region to achieve his delusional ideas of splitting up China.
达赖喇嘛是何许人？他是藏传佛教格鲁派活佛之一。自1959年叛逃国外以来，他建立“流亡政府”，制定伪宪法，进行分裂祖国的活动。打着“和平”，“非暴力”，“人权”旗号四处窜访，散布谣言，制造国际舆论，获取不明真相人们的同情，攻击中国中央政府的西藏政策和西藏的发展进步。欺骗，蛊惑，收买，利用和煽动一些信众制造各种事端和暴力事件，利用一切机会破坏藏区稳定，以实现他分裂中国的痴心妄想。
In recent years, after the real face of the the Dalai had been exposed, meetings between foreign leaders and the Dalai Lama has become less and less frequent, and the international news world’s interest in the Dalai Lama has become ever lower. The Chinese government has invested an enourmous energy in the building and development of Tibet, and Tibet has maintained stable development these years, with ever closer ethnic unity and religious relations. Tibetan development, the support from the entire nation for Tibet, and the implemenation of various projects and policies have continuously improved Tibet’s situation, with the Dalai Lama’s international status going down, and ever fewer places to go to. Ever since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Spain several decades ago, the two sides have continuously strengthened their exchanges in the fields of politics, economics, culture, etc., with ever deepening friendly cooperation. Especially in recent years, the momentum in Sino-Spanish economic and technical cooperation has been good, and Spain has become an important trade partner of China, within the European Union, with Sino-Spanish technological trade continuously improving, bilateral investment continuously expanding, and a big increase in Chinese tourists travelling to Spain. Currently, economic and trade exchange between China and Spain, with China’s “one belt one road” development strategy, have become inseparably close, and have added strong power to the two countries’ economic prosperity. Friendship between the two countries has continuously deepened and developed.
近年来，达赖真面目暴露之后，外国的国家领导人和达赖喇嘛见面的越来越少，国际新闻界对达赖喇嘛的关注度越来越低。中国政府对西藏建设和发展投入了巨大的精力，西藏这些年来持续不断地保持稳定发展，民族团结越来越好，宗教关系越来越好。西藏的发展、全国人民对西藏的支持以及各项政策措施的实施，使西藏的局面越来越好，而“藏独”分裂者达赖喇嘛在国际上的身价越来越低、越来越走不动。中西两国建交几十年來，双方在政治、经济、文化等方面的交流不断加强，友好合作关系不断深化。特别是近年来，中西经济技术合作势头很好，西班牙已成为中国在欧盟的重要贸易伙伴，中西技术贸易不断发展，双边投资合作不断扩大，到西旅游中国旅客大幅增长。当前，中西两国的经贸交流，在中国提出的“一带一路”发展战略上紧密对接，为中西两国的经济繁荣注入了强劲动力，两国之间的友谊在不断深化和发展。
We hope that the Madrid [city] government will uphold the friendly relations between China and Spain, and that it will not harm the dignity and the feelings of the Chinese people.
我们希望马德里政府，维护中西两国的友好关系，不要伤害中国人的尊严，伤害中国人的感情。
As Chinese immigrants living far from their native land, we respect Spanish dignity and traditional culture, abide by Spanish law and regulations, and hold Spanish liberties, democracy, and peace in high esteem. With sincere hopes for long-lasting Sino-Spanish friendship!
作为侨居西班牙的中国移民，我们尊重西班牙的民族尊严和传统文化，遵守西班牙的法律法规，崇尚西班牙的自由、民主与和平。衷心希望中西友谊长存！
[Spanish section of] the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification, Febr 16, 2017
西班牙中国和平统一促进会
2017年2月16日
On February 9, Richard Gere had met with German chancellor Angela Merkel, in his capacity as chairman of the International Campaign for Tibet. Radio Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) → noted that the meeting, scheduled to take 30 minutes, had lasted for three quarters of an hour. No information about the content of their discussions was given.
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