Fareed Zakaria is a foreign affairs analyst who hosts `` Fareed Zakaria GPS '' on CNN at 1 and 5 p.m . ET Sundays . Zakaria says granting autonomy to groups generally produces peace and stability . ( CNN ) -- The Dalai Lama says the key to stopping violence around the world is to stop `` destructive emotion . '' In an interview to air Sunday on CNN 's `` GPS , '' he tells Fareed Zakaria that he does n't think even Osama bin Laden wished for violence when he was a child but that it grew of out hatred and frustration . The Dalai Lama also addressed relations between Tibet and China in the interview , which Zakaria discussed with CNN . CNN : Why is Tibet such a hot-button issue for China ? Fareed Zakaria : China sees the issue as a separatist movement , as President Lincoln did when the South wanted to secede from the Union . They feel their territorial integrity is being threatened . And Tibetans see their culture , language and religion as being slowly but surely extinguished by the Chinese . CNN : So who 's right ? Zakaria : Well , that depends on who you ask . You need to look at the history to get a complete picture . It all goes back to Genghis Khan , who captured Tibet in 1207 . He united Tibet » with China under the Mongol empire . The Chinese have claimed an unbroken line of sovereignty over Tibet ever since . The Tibetans , however , reject that claim , saying they have been an independent kingdom for many periods during that time , some centuries long . That was the situation until 1912 , when Tibet declared itself an independent republic . China never recognized it , nor did the U.N. or any major Western power . CNN : Well , that seems to indicate that China has a point . Does it ? Zakaria : It 's not so simple , because although China never recognized an independent Tibet , neither did it exercise any control of Tibet . That is , until 1950 , when Chairman Mao sent the Red Army in to liberate -- as the Chinese saw it -- the Tibetan people from the feudal serfdom they were living under . However , the Tibetans saw the act as an invasion , and in 1959 , the political and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people , the Dalai Lama , fled to India , where he set up a government in exile . CNN : So we 've been with the current situation since 1959 . Why has n't there been any resolution ? Zakaria : Well , the Chinese are hoping to wait it out . By letting the issue drag on , they are hoping more and more ethnic Han Chinese move into the region and slowly let the Tibetan freedom movement die out . CNN : Will it work ? Zakaria : That could happen -- and has worked with other regions . But , it could also work the other way . The Chinese sometimes use force , as they did last year against the Tibetan monks , which causes a huge backlash in Tibet and outside . This has resulted in some Tibetans becoming more strident in their calls for independence and aggressive in their demands . However , the Dalai Lama has repeatedly said that he does not seek independence , only cultural autonomy , and urged his followers to engage in no violent protests whatsoever . If there were ever a leader of a separatist group whom one could negotiate with , he 's it . And once the 72-year-old Dalai Lama passes from the scene , Beijing might have to deal with a far more unpredictable and radical Tibetan movement . CNN : Do you think granting what the Dalai Lama is asking for makes sense ? Zakaria : If you look at other cases , such as in Turkey and India , granting autonomy to groups that press for it has in the end produced a more stable and peaceful national climate . But that is a lesson the Chinese government will have to learn for itself ; it is unlikely to take instruction from outsiders . CNN : What ultimately causes this age-old mistrust between the Chinese and the Dalai Lama ? What 's the stumbling block that keeps them from finding resolution ? Zakaria : The Chinese government has always believed that when the Dalai Lama speaks of `` autonomy , '' what he really means is independence , a sovereign nation for Tibet . I asked the Dalai Lama about this , and he denied it vehemently . He insists that Tibetans would truly be content to live within the Chinese system , as citizens of its government , as long as they are allowed to preserve their culture and practice their religion . It is difficult to see how this gap -- the difference in perception between the two sides -- can be bridged . E-mail me gps @ cnn.com to let me know your thoughts .
Tibet : Tibetans see culture , language , religion as being controlled by China . ` ` You have to look at the history to get a complete picture , '' he says . In 1912 , Tibet declared itself independent , but China never recognized it as such . Dalai Lama does not support Tibetan independence , just cultural autonomy .