Dalai Lama urges China to exercise restrain in dealing with ethnic tension.Byline: ANI Dharamsala, July 9(ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Dalai Lama (dä`lī lä`mə) [Tibetan,=oceanic teacher], title of the leader of Tibetan Buddhism. Believed like his predecessors to be the incarnation of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, 1935–, on Thursday asked the Chinese government Ever since Republic of China founded in January 1st, 1912, China has had several regional and national governments. List
"I am deeply saddened and concerned with the worsening situation in East Turkistan East Turkistan: see Xinjiang. (Xinjiang), especially with the tragic loss of lives. I earnestly urge the Chinese authorities to exercise restraint in dealing with the situation in a spirit of understanding and far-sightedness," said Thubten Samphel, spokesperson of the Tibetan government-in-exile while reading the message of the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala. "I offer my prayers for those who lost their lives, their families and others affected by this sad turn of events," he added. About 1,434 people have been arrested in the unrest between Han Chinese Han Chinese n. See Han1. and Muslim Uighurs since Sunday in Urumqi. It is being feared that demonstrations and rioting could break out in other parts of the vast region, especially in areas which are heavily populated by minority Muslim Uighurs. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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