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Tweaking the ChiComs: Bush meets Dalai Lama, Again
President George W. Bush met at the White House on Wednesday with the Dalai Lama, exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, ignoring objections from China 10 days before he makes an official visit to Beijing. The private meeting with the president and the first lady came one day after the Bush administration named China a serious violator of religious freedom in a report to Congress.*tweak²* "We've made our views very clear when it comes to our support for religious freedom... And we will continue to speak out on those issues," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan. It's the uber-sensitivity of others that amuses. The Chinese government opposed Bush's meeting with the Dalai Lama. "The Dalai Lama is not a mere religious figure. He is a political refugee who has conducted activities splitting China and undermining national unity," said Chu Maoming, spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington. "We are opposed to any invitation by any country extended to him. We are also opposed to any meetings with him." So don't meet with him. As for telling us who we can meet with, go fuck yourselves. Wednesday's meeting was Bush's third with the Dalai Lama. Next week Bush is due to visit Beijing and hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao. Oh my, think he'll get a lecture from Master Hu (who is on first...)? Lol. The Dalai Lama told reporters on Tuesday that talks between Tibetans and China have done little to ease a "very repressive" atmosphere in Chinese-ruled Tibet. The 70-year-old Buddhist spiritual leader, who is head of the Tibetan government-in-exile based in India, was visiting Washington for a conference on science and meditation. What the ChiComs don't like is that he isn't afraid to say what they don't approve of - and no one is more "sensitive" and petty than the ChiComs. He fled to India after a failed uprising by Tibetans in 1959, nine years after China's People's Liberation Army marched into Tibet to establish communist rule. I do believe this is Revisionist Bullshit. IIRC, the Dalai Lama fled the Chinese invasion. Wikipedia sez: "The Dalai Lamas continued to rule in Tibet until the People's Republic of China took direct control of the region in 1959." Gosh, even that's a toothless version, but certainly different than this BS. This Rooters punk is skirting the truth. So, did they threaten your access, Rooters? Lol. The human rights record in China, where everything from critical Internet postings to publishing underground newspapers to religious worship can carry a stiff jail term, is a constant source of friction between Beijing and Washington. Careful Rooters, they might read this and decided telling the truth makes you dangerous, too. Posted by: .com 2005-11-10 |
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