From AP:
The Dalai Lama will visit Japan this week, organizers said Monday, despite China’s protests over other trips overseas by the Tibetan religious leader.
But top government officials are not expected to meet with the 72-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate during a nine-day trip starting Thursday, according to the Foreign Ministry.
The monk was instead slated to attend a Buddhist conference in Yokohama, just west of Tokyo, give a speech at a university in the western city of Ise and visit a high school in the capital, according to a statement released by organizers of his visit on Monday. [Full Text]
Read also Dalai Lama’s words hold no redibility by Zang Yanping from China Daily:
The Dalai Clique repeatedly claims “the Dalai Lama’s stand to solve the Tibet issue through reciprocal talks has never changed”, “the Dalai Lama has long made it clear he is not seeking independence for Tibet and the current problem is lack of trust on the side of the Chinese government”. Does the Dalai Lama “unswervingly” stand for “reciprocal talks”? Has he truly given up seeking independence for Tibet? Let us look back at some historical facts.
To “commemorate” the armed uprising he staged on March 10, 1959, the Dalai Lama releases a statement on the anniversary every year. Here is an analysis of his statements issued from 1960 to 2007.
In 12 statements he released from 1960 to 1977, the Dalai Lama pertinaciously insisted that “historically and culturally, Tibet is a sovereign state” and repeatedly said that he “stood fast on this claim”. [Full Text]
