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However he also said he was not against “Chinese brothers and sisters” as fellow human beings and broadly supported the ideas behind Communism and Marxism.
The 86-year-old Dalai Lama, taking part in an online press conference in Tokyo, answered a question about whether the international community should consider boycotting the Beijing Winter Olympics because of the oppression of minorities, including those in the west. Xinjiang .
“I know the leaders of the Communist Party since Mao Zedong. Their ideas are good. But sometimes they exercise a lot of extreme and tight control,” he said from his headquarters in India, adding that he thought things would change in China under the leader. new generation.
“Regarding Tibet as well as Xinjiang, we have our own unique culture, so China’s narrow-minded Communist leaders don’t understand the diversity of different cultures,” he added. Reuters, Wednesday (10/11/2021).
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Noting that China is not only made up of Han ethnic people but also other different groups, he added: “In reality, there is too much control by the Han people.”
China took control of Tibet after its troops entered the region in 1950 in what it calls “peaceful liberation”. Tibet has since become one of the most restricted and sensitive areas in the country.
Beijing regards the Dalai Lama, who fled to India in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, as a dangerous divider or separatist. He has worked for decades to attract global support for linguistic and cultural autonomy in his remote and mountainous homeland.
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