By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 26 June: The Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Dolma Tsering Teykhang, speaking in her personal capacity, said China’s newly adopted law “Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress” does not warrant revising the Middle Way Approach, arguing that the policy has already defined the minimum political objective Tibetans are prepared to accept.

Speaking during a question-and-answer session at the inaugural of the four-day international conference on Sino-Tibetan Relations: Democracy, Dialogue and the Middle Way Approach, Teykhang said the Middle Way Approach had already established its bottom line and therefore left no room for further concessions.

Instead, she argued, the focus should be on whether the law  “Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress” itself is compatible with the Chinese Constitution and international law. Rejecting the law’s characterization of T...