From Reuters:
China, in its latest tirade against Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, on Tuesday accused the exiled Nobel peace prize laureate of supporting “evil cults” like Falun Gong and Japan’s Aum Shinrikyo.
China has ruled the mountainous Himalayan region of Tibet with an iron fist since Chinese troops marched in there in 1950.
The Dalai Lama fled into exile in India after a failed uprising against communist rule in 1959 and is branded by China as a “separatist”. He says he only wants greater autonomy for the region. [Full Text]
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