17 minutes agoChina orders foreign powers: Do not meet Dalai Laman
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(9 years ago)China has repeatedly warned governments and foreign organisations not to meet with Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, who accused him of trying to stir up unrest in his homeland. “Dalay Lama is a political figure”, said Zhang Yijiong, deputy director of the United Front Department of Labour [...]
China has repeatedly warned governments and foreign organisations not to meet with Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, who accused him of trying to stir up unrest in his homeland.
“Dalay Lama is a political figure”, said Zhang Yijiong, deputy director of the Communist Party's Joint Work Department at the 19th Communist Party Congress today in Beijing.
Dalai Lama's European trips last month have been a serious insult to the Chinese people's feelings”, Zhang said.
“These visits conflict with the promise of the Dalai Lamas, who recognised Beijing's sovereignty over Tibet”, he said.
Dalai Lama, 82, headed to India in 1959 after the Tibetan uprisings, a rebellion against Chinese control.
In 1965, Beijing founded the autonomous region of Tibet, even though it represented only half the size of the territory claimed by Tibetans.
The Communist Party congress ends on Tuesday with the election of the Central Committee, a decision-making body.
Also, 2 287 delegates are expected to include the president's “thought-tank”, Xi Jinping in the constitution, setting it up at the party's main thinkers' statue, Mao Ce Dunit and Ten Hsiao Pini.
On Wednesday, Xi will announce the appointment of new members of the Political Bureau and the Permanent Committee of the Political Bureau, a powerful group that includes the president.
