CHINA-CPPCC: CHINESE PANCHEN LAMA GYALTSEN NORBU ACCUSES "ANTI-CHINA FORCES" OF NOT CARING FOR TIBETAN PEOPLE
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The Beijing-appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu in a speech at the CPPCC on March 11 criticised foreign interference in Tibetan affairs saying that “anti-China forces” care nothing for the Tibetan people and only raise issues of religious freedom in order to hinder China’s development. He said that “Foreign anti-China forces have been hyping Tibet issues and religious issues in China, and transforming the topics into political bargaining chips.” Global Times quoted him as saying “As long as a person has sanity and an objective stance, he would see the truth very clearly." The Global Times had noted the U.S. State Department's statement a day earlier that China “shouldn’t interfere with the succession process of [exiled Tibetan spiritual leader] the Dalai Lama.”
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