CANBERRA: Andrew Wallace, member of the Australian House of Representatives, moved a motion on Tibet in the lower house of the Australian Parliament on 9 September 2024.
The motion called out China’s systematic cultural assimilation of Tibetans. It affirmed Tibetan people’s rights to freely choose their economic, social, cultural, and religious policies without interference from external powers, including selecting the reincarnation of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. It further noted the recent enactment of the United States’ ‘Promoting a Resolution to Tibet-China Act’ into law and the Canadian Parliament’s support for Tibet’s self-determination.
While moving the motion, Representative Wallace said, “The Chinese Communist Party is not content with simply trying to wipe out the culture of Tibet and Tibetans; they also want to remove their religious background. The CCP wants to control who will become the successor to the Dalai...