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China blasts Dalai Lama as
Olympic torch arrives
John Ruwitch
Reuters
Monday, March 31, 2008
China has stepped up attacks on the Dalai Lama, blasting him
for abusing religion, stirring protests in Tibet and preparing
for independence as the Olympic flame arrived in Beijing on Monday
under tight security.
The scorn aimed at Tibet's exiled spiritual leader indicated
Beijing was digging in its heels in the face of mounting pressure
from abroad to engage in dialogue with the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
That pressure follows more than two weeks of protests and suppression
in Tibetan-populated areas of China.
A report by Xinhua, China's official news agency, said the government
had evidence the Dalai Lama and his supporters had planned the
rash of anti-Chinese unrest across the Himalayan region and nearby
areas this month.
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The Dalai Lama's office rejected the claim on Monday and called
on China to allow in international investigators.
"The self-proclaimed spiritual leader has obviously forgotten
his identity, abused his religion and played too much politics,"
Xinhua said, adding he was building a "pro-independence infrastructure".
Several foreign leaders, including President George W. Bush,
have urged Beijing to talk to the Dalai Lama's envoys to resolve
the issue. China has said it would only do so if he rejected independence
for Tibet and Taiwan and used his influence to end the ongoing
unrest.
In Nepal's capital Kathmandu, police beat pro-Tibet protesters
with sticks on Monday and detained more than 100 people after
they tried to storm a Chinese consular office from different directions,
police and witnesses said.
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