From AFP:
Tibet’s spiritual leader and symbol of hope for his homeland, the Dalai Lama, has been a thorn in China’s side ever since he fled in 1959 after a failed uprising against Beijing’s rule.
Even though the Buddhist “god-king” has repeatedly reached out to Beijing seeking dialogue and cultural autonomy for his homeland, China has denounced him as a “splittist” seeking full independence for Tibet.
And while his India-based government-in-exile says the latest deadly violence racking Tibet is a spontaneous result of deep-rooted frustration, China is accusing “a separatist Dalai Lama clique, inside and outside the country” of masterminding a plot to oust the Chinese from Tibet.
