A crack has appeared in China’s decades-old campaign against the Dalai Lama, with some monasteries reporting that they are no longer being forced to denounce the Tibetan religious leader. The policy has been described by some as “experimental” and only seems to apply in certain areas. Monks have reportedly been told that they may venerate the Dalai Lama as a spiritual figure as long as they do not treat him as a political leader. That contradicts China’s official propaganda, which describes the 77-year-old monk as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” bent on splitting Tibet from China. “Something will be announced in the next few days,” said a monk at the Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai province. “I cannot discuss it over the telephone, but from now on the Dalai Lama will not be criticised and we can revere him,” he added.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 16:55:42 +0000
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