The Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama gives a speech in India criticizing the treatment of the Tibetan's by the Chinese government. The Dalai Lama has been exiled to India, the suffering of the Tibetan Buddhists has gone one for 50 years. China accuses the Dalai Lama of trying to separate Tibet from China. The Chinese deny all claims that they are mistreating the Tibetans. The Dalai Lama says that the Chinese government has killed over hundreds of thousands Tibetans. The Dalai Lama is worried about the Tibetan culture disappearing, he says if not for the exile of 100,000 Tibetans to India there would be no remains of the Tibetan culture.
A peaceful commemoration of the 1959 monks in the Tibetan capital, caused four days of anti-Chinese riots, in surrounding provinces. After the Dalai Lama gave his speech many Tibetans from Dharmsala came out and started to chant " China out! Tibet belongs to Tibetans!" Other protests around the world occured in Nepal, Seoul, South Korea, New York, London, Berlin, Vienna, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Canberra, the capital of Australia. China says they invaded Tibet to free the slaves of Tibet. The Dalai Lama supports a non-violent movement for change.
It is not right for a government to control what religion its citizens may practice. It is not right that the Dalai Lama the leader of Tibetan Buddhism has to live in India, his people are in Tibet. The Chinese government should work with the Dalai Lama to come to a peaceful agreement.
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