CHINA-RESTRICTIONS ON ASSOCIATION WITH 'TIBETAN-INDEPENDENCE CLIQUE' LEADERS

 An article on China Tibet Online this week that was widely carried by other state media criticized celebrities for attending an event in northeastern India with members of the Tibetan government-in-exile, adding to Chinese authorities' warnings that actors and singers must "serve the people and socialism." At the same time it said there was nothing wrong with Beijing singer and actress Faye Wong, Hong Kong actor Tony Leung and Beijing actor Hu Jun worshipping Buddhism and attending religious activities, but "meddling with the 'Tibetan-independence' clique leaders has gone far beyond the realm of 'freedom of religious belief". A state media commentary on February  , 2016, said it would be "a pity if they lose their good reputations earned by hard work over so many years" by getting acquainted with people "on the wrong side of the state's major principle of right and wrong."


The celebrities were attending an event in Bodh Gaya on Feb. 14 commemorating the 92nd anniversary of the birth of the late predecessor of the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Tibetan Buddhism's third-highest spiritual leader. Karma Namgyal, secretary of the Karmapa's office, said the presence of the three along with one of the ministers of the Central Tibetan Administration and speaker of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile was "coincidental."
 






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