H. Res. 1077 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
April 9, 2008. 
Whereas March 10, 2008, marked the 49th anniversary of a 
historic uprising against Chinese rule over the Tibetan 
people, which forced His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, 
to escape into exile in India; 
Whereas Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns in and around 
Lhasa were blocked by Chinese authorities from staging 
peaceful demonstrations on this anniversary date and 
were met with excessive force by the Chinese authorities; 
Whereas protests by Tibetans spread inside the Tibet Auton-
omous Region and other Tibetan areas of China; 
Whereas the accumulated grievances of almost six decades of 
cultural, religious, economic, and linguistic repression of 
the Tibetan people by the Government of the People’s 
Republic of China has resulted in resentments which are 
at the root of the Tibetan protests; 
Whereas resentment of the Chinese Government by the Ti-
betan people has increased sharply since 2005 as a result 
of Chinese policies, laws, and regulations that have re-
duced economic opportunity for Tibetans and severely 
eroded the ability of Tibetans to preserve their distinctive 
language, culture, and religious identity;
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Whereas the response by the Chinese Government to the Ti-
betan protests was disproportionate and extreme, report-
edly resulting in the deaths of hundreds and the deten-
tion of thousands of Tibetans; 
Whereas there have been reports that some Tibetans engaged 
in rioting that may have resulted in the destruction of 
government and private property, as well as the deaths 
of civilians; 
Whereas His Holiness the Dalai Lama has used his leader-
ship to promote democracy, freedom, and peace for the 
Tibetan people through a negotiated settlement of the 
Tibet issue, based on autonomy within the context of 
China; 
Whereas six rounds of dialogue between representatives of 
the Dalai Lama and Chinese officials have not resulted 
in meaningful progress; 
Whereas the Chinese Government has rebuffed calls by the 
President of the United States, the United States Con-
gress, and world leaders to respond positively to the 
Dalai Lama’s willingness to be personally involved in dis-
cussions with Chinese leaders on the future of Tibet; 
Whereas the Chinese Government has denigrated the Dalai 
Lama, labeling him as ‘‘a splittist’’ and ‘‘a wolf in 
monk’s robes’’, thereby further alienating Tibetans who 
consider the Dalai Lama their spiritual leader; 
Whereas the Dalai Lama was recognized for his contribution 
to world peace when he received the Nobel Peace Prize 
in 1989; 
Whereas the United States Congress, in recognition of the 
Dalai Lama’s outstanding moral and religious leadership
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and his advocacy of nonviolence, awarded him with the 
Congressional Gold Medal on October 17, 2007; 
Whereas the Chinese Government has failed to honor its com-
mitment to improve the human rights situation in China 
as a condition for Beijing being selected as the site for 
the 2008 Summer Olympic Games; 
Whereas the Chinese Government has impeded the access of 
international journalists to Tibetan areas of China and 
distorted reports of events surrounding the Tibetan pro-
tests, thereby violating the commitment it made that 
‘‘there will be no restrictions on media reporting and 
movement of journalists up to and including the Olympic 
Games’’; 
Whereas for many years, the Chinese Government has re-
stricted the ability of foreign journalists and foreign gov-
ernment officials, including United States Government 
officials, to freely travel in Tibetan areas of China, there-
by curtailing access to information on the situation in Ti-
betan areas; 
Whereas the Chinese Government’s use of propaganda during 
the protests to demonize Tibetans and incite ethnic na-
tionalism is exacerbating ethnic tensions and is counter-
productive to resolving the situation; 
Whereas the United States Department of State included the 
People’s Republic of China among the group of countries 
described as ‘‘the most systematic violators of human 
rights’’ in the introduction of the 2006 Country Reports 
on Human Rights Practices and in previous Human 
Rights Reports, but did not do so in the 2007 Human 
Rights Report, despite no evidence of significant improve-
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protests and to verify that individuals injured receive 
adequate medical care; 
(4) calls on the Chinese Government to immediately 
release all Tibetans who are imprisoned for nonviolently 
expressing opposition to Chinese Government policies in 
Tibet; 
(5) calls on the United States Department of State 
to publicly issue a statement reconsidering its decision 
not to include the People’s Republic of China among the 
group of countries described as ‘‘the world’s most sys-
tematic human rights violators’’ in the introduction of 
the 2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; 
and 
(6) calls on the United States Department of State 
to fully implement the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (22 
U.S.C. 6901 note), including the stipulation that the 
Secretary of State ‘‘seek to establish an office in Lhasa, 
Tibet to monitor political, economic and cultural develop-
ments in Tibet’’, and also to provide consular protection 
and citizen services in emergencies, and further urges 
that the agreement to permit China to open further dip-
lomatic missions in the United States should be contin-
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gent upon the establishment of a United States Govern-
ment office in Lhasa. 
Attest: 
Clerk.