Dalai Lama denies Chinese charges over Tibet riots

Source: Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - China accused the Dalai Lama on Tuesday of orchestrating Tibetan riots to wreck Beijing's Olympic Games, but the exiled spiritual leader denied the charge and vowed to stand down if the violence spiraled out of control.

The Tibetan government-in-exile said from the Dalai Lama's base in the Indian Himalayan foothills that it now believed 99 people had died in clashes between Chinese authorities and Tibetan over the past week, including 19 on Tuesday alone.

Premier Wen Jiabao defended the security crackdown imposed on Lhasa, capital of the predominantly Buddhist mountain region, and on neighboring Chinese provinces where rioting by Tibetans erupted over the weekend.

"There is ample fact and plenty of evidence proving this incident was organized, premeditated, masterminded and incited by the Dalai clique," Wen told a news conference in Beijing.



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The Chinese government is going to regret being heavy handed about this.

I doubt the Chinese will regret a thing. The U. S. doesn't care about Tibet; no one is going to step up for them. The Chinese will play it was they want to play it, and we'll let them. Their people are so tightly controlled that the only news most of them have heard is what China allows them to hear, and the propaganda efforts against the Dalai Lama have been going on for decades.

It's horrible.

leaders in the world today. :eyes:

If you haven't yet, please sign this petition: http://www.avaaz.org/en/tibet_end_the_violence/7.php?cl=63030727

"Tibetans have exploded onto the streets in frustration--call on China to respect human rights and enter dialogue with the Dalai Lama now. Sign the Avaaz.org international petition!"

I mean, free Tibet and everything, but a Nobel prize isn't really worth that much, IMHO.

would do wonders. Cheers!

before he abandons his people. The Globalists will side with China's barbarism.

Honestly, I am beginning to distrust the Dalai Lama for making such an outrageous statement.. OR THREAT.

Dont watch the Olympics, dont buy Made in China products, and dont buy products and services from companies who buy Olympic advertising and sponsorships. Your dollars only benefit the fascist regime and its brutal cultural genocide of Tibet.

and a big left hander, too. Woo hoo :-)

Yup, buy local, boycott oppressive corpses... I mean, corporations. We all know the drill.

Now we just have to stand together and DO It.