Gyalo Dhondup

Gyalo Dhondup (tibétain: རྒྱལ་ལོ་དོན་འགྲུབ ; Wylie : rgyal lo don 'grub, Taktser, Tibet, 1928) est un résistant, premier ministre et diplomate tibétain Il est le deuxième frère cadet du 14^e Dalaï Lama^[1]

Formation

Gyalo Dhondup arriva à Lhassa à l'âge de 11 ans et à 13 ans, il se rendit à Nankin, siège du Kuomintang, à l'invitation du général Tchang Kaï-chek pour étudier. Ce dernier insista auprès de la famille du dalaï-lama pour que son frère soit autorisé à s'y rendre. Entre avril 1947 et l'été 1949, il était régulièrement invité à manger à la maison des Chiang Kai-shek. Là bas, il a reçu un enseignement de l'histoire et de la politique à partir d'un point de vue chinois. Il parle couramment le tibétain, le chinois et l'anglais^[2]

Notes et références

1. ↑ (en)Tibet Album, British photography in Central Tibet 1920-1950, Gyalpo Dhondup
2. ↑ Thomas Laird, avec le Dalaï-Lama, Christophe Mercier Une histoire du Tibet : Conversations avec le Dalaï Lama, de, Plon, 2007, (ISBN 2259198910), p. 293 « Gyalo Thondup was eleven when he arrived in Lhasa, and members of the Chinese mission soon befriended him. A few Chinese officials had lived in Lhasa ever since Reting Rinpoche allowed them to establish a permanent radio station. After casually taking a few Chinese lessons from the mission, the Dalai Lama's brother was soon interested in Sino-Tibetan history. He learned that China was a modern state and Tibet a backward land in which it was impossible to receive up-to-date schooling. China's leader, Chiang Kai-shek, offered to pay for and supervise Gyalo Thondup's education in China. In 1946 he persuaded his family, and the Tibetan government, to allow him to study in China. He argued that it was important that someone in the isolated court of Lhasa learn to speak Chinese. Despite the reservations of government officials, , who believed that Chiang Kai-shek was seeking a lever with which to manipulate the Dalai Lama, Gyalo Thondup was permitted to go. ... In fact, young Gyalo Thondup ate his meals at the Chiang family table, from April 1947 until the summer of 1949, and tutors selected by Chiang educated the boy.  »