Dalai Lama Takes His Case to Chinese
Correspondent, Amy Yee, The Christian Science Monitor
When the Dalai Lama traveled to the Netherlands last week his Buddhist teaching was heard by 10,000 people and he was received by the mayor of Amsterdam.
But the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader had another engagement that was less in the spotlight but equally important: a private meeting with Chinese pro-democracy activists.
The Dalai Lama and about 30 Chinese emigres, mainly from Europe, discussed the need for dialogue between Tibetans and Chinese and for reform in China. Trust between Tibetans and Chinese is crucial in reaching a solution for Tibet, the he emphasized during the meeting, which took place on the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen …
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Article title: Dalai Lama Takes His Case to Chinese.
Contributors: Correspondent, Amy Yee - Author.
Newspaper title: The Christian Science Monitor.
Publication date: June 11, 2009.
Page number: 6.
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