China official says U.S. should stop using Dalai Lama to stir trouble - state media

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China official says U.S. should stop using Dalai Lama to stir trouble - state media

 

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama addresses a panel discussion on Human Rights on the sides of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, March 11, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States should stop using the Dalai Lama to create trouble for China, a senior Chinese official in charge of Tibet affairs told an influential state-run newspaper.

It would bring no benefit to the U.S. but damage Sino-U.S. ties instead, the Global Times reported late Friday, citing Zhu Weiqun, head of the ethnic and religious affairs committee of the top advisory body to China's parliament.

The Global Times, a tabloid known for writing strongly-worded, hawkish and nationalist editorials, is published by the ruling Communist Party's flagship paper.

China says the Dalai Lama, who fled into exile in India after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959, is a violent separatist. The Dalai Lama denies espousing violence and says he only wants genuine autonomy for Tibet.

In response to recent written questions from the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the newly appointed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gave an affirmative answer when asked if he would commit to receiving and meeting the Dalai Lama.

Tillerson also said he would continue to encourage dialogue between Beijing and representatives of the Tibetan government-in-exile and the Dalai Lama, India-based news service thetibetpost.com reported on Thursday.

It is impossible for the Chinese government to "have a dialogue" with the illegal group that is aiming to split China, and Tillerson's remarks show he is a "complete amateur" on Tibet-related questions, Zhu told the Global Times.

China will not change its policy to support the development of the Tibetan society, nor will it stop protecting its sovereignty over the region, he said.

Beijing does not recognise the Tibetan government-in-exile, which is based in India's Himalayan town of Dharamsala.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-02-04

[jollyhangmon]

< The United States should stop using the Dalai Lama to create trouble for China ... >

 

Maybe it's just me but isn't it rather the squarefaces' way of treating Tibet that's creating trouble in the first place ...?! 

 

[sweatalot]

24 minutes ago, jollyhangmon said:

< The United States should stop using the Dalai Lama to create trouble for China ... >

 

Maybe it's just me but isn't it rather the squarefaces' way of treating Tibet that's creating trouble in the first place ...?! 

 

"isn't it rather the squarefaces' way of treating Tibet that's creating trouble in the first place ...?! "

 

And right from the beginning

[AloisAmrein]

It would be better China stops causing troubles in the waters of its neighbouring counties, like Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, Brunei. Stop Chinese imperialism. Freedom for Tibet.

[Skywalker69]

Steve Bannon: 'We're going to war in the South China Sea ... no doubt'

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/02/steve-bannon-donald-trump-war-south-china-sea-no-doubt?CMP=fb_us

[mamypoko]

An unofficial reportedly told China to FO

[AloisAmrein]

It would be better China stops causing troubles in the waters of its neighbouring counties, like Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, Brunei. Stop Chines imperialism. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/24/trump-white-house-beijing-takeover-south-china-sea

[elgordo38]

4 hours ago, AloisAmrein said:

It would be better China stops causing troubles in the waters of its neighbouring counties, like Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, Brunei. Stop Chinese imperialism. Freedom for Tibet.

Trump will find when dealing with the Chinese its all one side slanted in their favor. They are even starting to tighten in mainland China with currency restrictions. The rich unlike the poor are clever enough to realize their money is better off in a democracy (so little of it left) than keeping it in the homeland for possible seizure. 

[chuang]

RPC should stop bullying the Asean countries.