By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA 26 May: The 8th International Rangzen Conference, the largest global gathering advocating for Tibetan independence, concluded today with a strong appeal to the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also known as the Tibetan government-in-exile, to withdraw its longstanding Middle Way policy, which calls for genuine autonomy for Tibetans under Chinese rule and to restore its demand for independence.

According to a four-point resolution adopted at the conference, held from 23 to 26 May in the Blue Mountains in Australia, the call to reinstate Tibet’s independence stems from continued Chinese disregard for the demands put forward by the Tibetan people and their leadership, undermining trust and confidence in the Chinese government.

The stance is further reinforced by the conference’s rejection of the Seventeen-Point Agreement, which it says China not only failed to implement but actively contradi...