CHINA-US: TIBET/DALAI LAMA

 Reacting promptly to US President Obama's closed-door meeting in the White House with the Dalai Lama on June 15, 2016, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson  Lu Kang told a daily news briefing on June 16, 2016, that "Tibet affairs are China's domestic affairs and no foreign country has the right to interfere." Lu Kang said the 14th Dalai Lama was not a purely religious figure, but a political exile who has long engaged in anti-China separatist activities under the guise of religion, and the essence of his "middle way" approach is "Tibet independence." He asserted that the meeting goes against the United States' acknowledgement that Tibet is an inseparable part of Chinese territory and its rejection of "Tibet independence" and anti-China separatist activities. Such a meeting, he added, constitutes interference into China's internal affairs and harms China-U.S. mutual trust and cooperation. Stating that the Chinese people are best qualified to speak on the situation in Tibet, Lu Kang  said "these facts won't be denied by anyone without political bias." Lu Kang concluded with the assertion that the determination of the Chinese government and people to safeguard national sovereignty and unity is unshakable and any attempt to harm China's stability and unity will not succeed.

 






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