On a four-day tour of Mexico, the Dalai Lama said Sunday that deformed birds and other wildlife in remote corners of Chinese-controlled Tibet are indicative of nuclear waste dumping, according to an AP article.
The Dalai Lama, 69, has lived in exile in China since a failed uprising against the Chinese government in Tibet in 1959. Mexico said it welcomed the Buddhist leader as a religious leader, not a political one, in keeping with its tradition of political neutrality and hopes of expanding trade with China.
The Dalai Lama met with presidents of several countries, including Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala, but will not meet with Mexican president Vicente Fox.
Bejing responded to the visit with an angry letter, and China’s Mexican ambassador said Mexico should not allow the Nobel Peace laureate to spread revolutionary messages on Mexican soil.
