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Bush Meets Dalai Lama, Ignoring China's Objections
Wed Nov 9, 4:08 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush met at the White House on Wednesday with the Dalai Lama, exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, ignoring objections from China 10 days before he makes an official visit to Beijing.



The private meeting with the president and the first lady came one day after the Bush administration named China a serious violator of religious freedom in a report to Congress.

"We've made our views very clear when it comes to our support for religious freedom ... And we will continue to speak out on those issues," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan.



http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=9&u=/nm/20051109/ts_nm/china_tibet_usa_dc_1

[The Bobster]

Okay, I'll bite : Was it The Dubya's idea to put a baseball cap on the guy?

And should we respect His Holiness the more for going along with the joke?

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[Moldy Rutabaga]

It's said that the Dalai Lama is a very jolly guy and has a good sense of humor. Or maybe in the picture he's laughing at Bush's attempt to pronounce his name.

Ken:>

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[endo]

It must be nice to be the superpower and not worry what China thinks. Stick it to em.

[Tiger Beer]

[igotthisguitar]

Merkel To Meet Dalai Lama Amid Tension With China
Sat Sep 22, 9:44 PM ET

BERLIN (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set to hold a historic meeting with the Dalai Lama on Sunday that has raised tensions with China and led Beijing to cancel at least one official event.



The Chinese foreign ministry called in Germany's ambassador to Beijing over the meeting, which will mark the first time Tibet's exiled spiritual leader is received at the chancellery, but Berlin has resisted pressure to withdraw Merkel's invitation.

"The meeting will take place, the invitation stands, and the chancellor also extended the invitation very consciously," deputy government spokesman Thomas Steg said on Friday.

He said the government was convinced that the meeting will "not disturb the good state of German-Chinese relations and cooperation" just weeks after Merkel visited China.

But the justice ministry on Saturday confirmed that Chinese officials have cancelled a meeting with German counterparts on patent right protection in Munich on Sunday for "technical reasons."

In an interview with the German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the Dalai Lama said he was not angry at China's stance but found it arrogant.

"It is simply China's attitude. It is the arrogance of power. Beijing is meddling in the domestic affairs of Germany and demanding that the chancellor should not see me," he said.

"Wherever I go, China protests. The Chinese are simply testing how far they can go. Therefore I do not believe that my meeting with Mrs Merkel will have a lastingly negative impact on Chinese-German relations."

He said he was "happy" about the invitation and impressed with Merkel, whom he has met before, but while she was still an opposition politician.

"What I appreciate about Mrs Merkel, is her steady engagement on human rights and religious freedom, as well as her commitment to the environment.

"Perhaps that is why she wants to see me, in spite of all the pressure from China," he said

[Harpeau]

I've always admired him myself. I think that the Chinese gov. should go and castrate themselves! Now if only the Seoul gov. would have the balls to have him come and visit. Screw what China thinks.

[igotthisguitar]

Dalai Lama Becomes Emory Professor
By DORIE TURNER, Associated Press Writer
Mon Oct 22, 7:01 PM ET

ATLANTA - The Dalai Lama was formally installed as a professor at Emory University on Monday as Tibetan monks wearing moon-shaped yellow hats chanted and played cymbals, gongs and horns.

The exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, whose face is recognized around the world, now is the bearer of a faculty ID card.



"I suspect you will not need to carry this with you for identification, but in any case, we wanted you to know you are welcome," student Emily Allen said as she handed him the card, a present from the students.

In his first speech as a faculty member, the Dalai Lama encouraged his audience of thousands of people to look beyond money and fame for happiness and to use their education for the greater good.

"As a professor of this university, I think you should listen to me," the 72-year-old monk and Nobel Peace Prize laureate said with a laugh.

Later, in an address to a crowd of thousands at Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, the Dalai Lama called the U.S. the world's "greatest, most powerful" democracy and said it should send more members of the Peace Corps, instead of soldiers, to other countries to spread democracy peacefully.

"The concept of war is outdated," he said. "Through war, through violence, you cannot achieve what you want."

During the weekend, he delivered a lecture on the basics of Buddhism to thousands and participated in a conference on depression. He also joined with spiritual leaders from the world's major religions � including Rajmohan Gandhi, a grandson of India's Mohandas Gandhi � to discuss peaceful resolution of military conflicts.

As Presidential Distinguished Professor, the Dalai Lama will provide private teaching sessions with students and faculty during Emory's study-abroad program in Dharamsala, India, and will periodically visit Emory.

The Dalai Lama fled the Himalayan region in 1959 during a failed uprising against Chinese rule. He remains highly popular among Tibetans and is lauded in much of the world as a figure of moral authority, but China reviles him as a Tibetan separatist.

Chinese officials lashed out angrily at the United States after he received Congress' highest civilian honor last week. The Dalai Lama brushed aside the furious reaction, saying he supports "genuine autonomy," not independence for Tibet.

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Tibetan Monks "Clash" With Police Over Dalai Lama
Sun Oct 21, 2:04 AM ET

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of Buddhist monks, celebrating a U.S. award for the Dalai Lama, clashed with police for four days in the capital of Tibet, the far-west Himalayan region of China, a Hong Kong newspaper said on Sunday.

China, which reviles the Dalai Lama as a separatist, has angrily denounced the award of the Congressional Gold Medal as a "farce" that would hurt relations between Beijing and Washington.

After the clash, about 1,100 monks and dozens of visitors were not allowed to leave the Zhaibung monastery in Lhasa which was surrounded by 3,000 armed police, the Ming Pao newspaper said.

It did not say if there had been any arrests or injuries, but there had also been clashes at a nearby monastery and police had set up checkpoints on the main roads in the area.

It gave no further details.

Tibet has been ruled by China since communist troops invaded in 1950, and the government deals harshly with Tibetans who press for greater political and religious freedom.

U.S. President George W. Bush awarded the Dalai Lama the medal on Wednesday and called on China to open talks with him.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/china_tibet_dc;_ylt=Arvkws65hREnhhewBabrGiFsaMYA

[Ya-ta Boy]

I wonder which side Ron Paul would be on.