Dalai Lama Still Supports Olympics
April 12, 2008
The Dalai Lama said Thursday that he supported Beijing’s hosting of the Summer Olympics. In addition, he also insisted that demonstrators had the right to voice their own opinions during the international torch relay as long as they refrained from using violence.
He stopped in Japan prior to continuing on to the the U.S., telling reporters “We are not anti-Chinese. Right from the beginning, we supported the Olympic Games.” Speaking of pro-Tibetan protesters, he said nobody “has the right to tell them to shut up.”
He did fault Beijing for suppressing anti-government unrest in Tibet last month. He felt China’s use of violence was “an outdated method” that did not solve the underlying problems.
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