"It will also have to be based on the principle which the wise rulers of Tibet and of China laid down in a treaty as early as 823 A.D., carved on the pillar which still stands today in front of the Jo-khang, Tibet's holiest shrine, in Lhasa, that Tibetans will live happily in the great land of Tibet, and the Chinese will live happily in the great land of China". Zie The 14th Dalai Lama - Acceptance Speech. Gearchiveerd op 19 oktober 2017.
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"It will also have to be based on the principle which the wise rulers of Tibet and of China laid down in a treaty as early as 823 A.D., carved on the pillar which still stands today in front of the Jo-khang, Tibet's holiest shrine, in Lhasa, that Tibetans will live happily in the great land of Tibet, and the Chinese will live happily in the great land of China". Zie The 14th Dalai Lama - Acceptance Speech. Gearchiveerd op 19 oktober 2017.
