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WASHINGTON (AP) - President George W. Bush and Congress will stir Chinese anger this week when they honor the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet's Buddhists.
While the Dalai Lama is lauded in much of the world as a figure of moral authority, Beijing reviles the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and claims he seeks to destroy China's sovereignty by pushing for independence for Tibet, where the Dalai Lama is considered a god-king.See the full content of this document
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U.S. Honor for the Dalai Lama Angers Chinese
China warns that a planned White House meeting today between Bush and the Dalai Lama and a public ceremony tomorrow to award the spiritual...
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