Speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate, the new Prime Minister of the Tibetan government in exile Lobsang Sangay talks about the Tibetan struggle against China and discusses the international community's need to take a moral stand on Tibet, even if it means compromising economic interests with China.
Karan Thapar: Hello and Welcome to Devil's Advocate. With China emerging as the second most powerful country in the world, is Tibet today a lost cause? That's the key issue I shall take up with the Prime Minister of the Tibetan government, in exile Lobsang Sangay. Dr Sangay, this week the Tibetan government has called upon the world to observe a day of peaceful protests and fast in solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet as well as to put pressure on the Chinese to resolve the Tibet situation. But is the world listening?
Lobsang Sangay: I do think the world is listening, more so now, because you are interviewing me.
Karan Thapar: Well that's flattery, but let me put it like this. There's no doubt that I personally understand and sympathise with your cause, but the truth is that more than 60 years have passed since Chinese soldiers walked into Tibet. More than 50 years have passed since His Holiness the Dalai Lama had to flee his country. Many people say that Tibet today is a lost cause....
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