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Dalai Lama says his visit to Tawang not political move
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TOKYO, Oct. 31 Kyodo -
Visiting exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Saturday his
planned visit to Buddhist monasteries in a disputed area near the China-India
border is not politically motivated and should not upset the Chinese
government.
The Dalai Lama is scheduled to visit Tawang monasteries in Arunachal Pradesh
next month and said he will go there to teach his beliefs at the invitation of
local leaders.
''If it creates problems, that is sad,'' he said at a press conference held at
the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.
The Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India, recently visited Taiwan, which
Beijing considers part of its territory, and met with political leaders on the
island despite strong criticism from China.
During the press conference, he also raised his concerns over the situations of
Tibetans and other ethnic minorities in China, urging media and members of the
international community to visit China and assess their situations without the
presence of the government's security personnel.
''If the reality, as far as Tibet is concerned, is what the Chinese government
says and that Tibetan people are happy, then our information is wrong. We have
to apologize and we would cease all our activities,'' he said.
''But if things inside Tibet are not as the Chinese government sees, the
government should accept the reality and take the realistic approach at solving
the problems,'' the Dalai Lama said.
Also, he did not shy away from criticizing the Chinese government's alleged
control on media and information, saying, ''Billions of Chinese people have a
right to know the reality.''
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising, and
has been leading the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, India.
Although branded as a separatist trying to tear Tibet away from Chinese rule by
Beijing, he insists he is seeking genuine autonomy but not outright
independence.
In March 2008, violent antigovernment protests broke out in Lhasa, the regional
capital, and dozens of people are believed to have been killed in the clashes.
The Dalai Lama is on a nine-day visit to Japan from Friday and will visit the
southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa and the western Shikoku Island
city of Matsuyama in early November to deliver speeches.
==Kyodo
2009-10-31 18:35:27
TOKYO, Oct. 31 Kyodo -
Visiting exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Saturday his
planned visit to Buddhist monasteries in a disputed area near the China-India
border is not politically motivated and should not upset the Chinese
government.
The Dalai Lama is scheduled to visit Tawang monasteries in Arunachal Pradesh
next month and said he will go there to teach his beliefs at the invitation of
local leaders.
''If it creates problems, that is sad,'' he said at a press conference held at
the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.
The Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India, recently visited Taiwan, which
Beijing considers part of its territory, and met with political leaders on the
island despite strong criticism from China.
During the press conference, he also raised his concerns over the situations of
Tibetans and other ethnic minorities in China, urging media and members of the
international community to visit China and assess their situations without the
presence of the government's security personnel.
''If the reality, as far as Tibet is concerned, is what the Chinese government
says and that Tibetan people are happy, then our information is wrong. We have
to apologize and we would cease all our activities,'' he said.
''But if things inside Tibet are not as the Chinese government sees, the
government should accept the reality and take the realistic approach at solving
the problems,'' the Dalai Lama said.
Also, he did not shy away from criticizing the Chinese government's alleged
control on media and information, saying, ''Billions of Chinese people have a
right to know the reality.''
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising, and
has been leading the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, India.
Although branded as a separatist trying to tear Tibet away from Chinese rule by
Beijing, he insists he is seeking genuine autonomy but not outright
independence.
In March 2008, violent antigovernment protests broke out in Lhasa, the regional
capital, and dozens of people are believed to have been killed in the clashes.
The Dalai Lama is on a nine-day visit to Japan from Friday and will visit the
southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa and the western Shikoku Island
city of Matsuyama in early November to deliver speeches.
==Kyodo
2009-10-31 18:35:27
