China Unhappy With Canada Over Dalai Lama
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | The New York Times
28 July 2006
OTTAWA (AP) -- China has complained to the Canadian government about its decision to bestow honorary citizenship on the Dalai Lama, saying the gesture could harm relations.
Zang Weidong, minister-counselor at the Chinese embassy in Ottawa, said China has relayed its disapproval to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and its demand that Canada continues to recognize Tibet as a part of China.
''We said that Dalai Lama is a separatist, so I don't think he should be honored with that and that will harm the Canadian image and also harm the relationship between China and Canada,'' Zang said told reporters at a news conference on Wednesday.
Parliament adopted a motion on June 22 conferring the honorary status on the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. The honor has been awarded only twice before, to South African leader Nelson Mandela and Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved Jews from extermination during World War II.
The Dalai Lama won a Nobel peace prize for his lifelong struggle for Tibetan autonomy and his pursuit of peace. He fled into exile in northern India in 1959, following a failed uprising against Chinese rule, and is still widely revered in Tibet.
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