^The Panchen Lama Is Dead at 50; Key Figure in China's Tibet Policy. 纽约时报. 1989-01-30 [2012-05-08]. (原始内容存档于2014-05-30). Just a week ago, he delivered a fierce criticism of Tibet's role under Chinese authority. He was quoted in the official news outlets as saying that the benefits of development in the 30 years since the region was incorporated into China were outweighed by the price that had been paid. He added that some officials were repeating old mistakes, apparently an allusion to recent harsh treatment by the authorities of Tibetan demonstrators, including the shooting of protesters by the police in December.