![]() ![]() So I hope governments around the world speak and act with caution and give full consideration their friendship with China and their respect for China's sovereignty. ![]() Zhang Yijiong, head of the Communist Party's Tibet working group, had this to say in 2017 (via Reuters): "Although some people say, the Dalai is a religious figure this is incorrect. Then, in 2017, the Global Times reported that his trip to Botswana had been cut short: while the Dalai Lama cited health concerns, experts at the China Tibetology Research Center suspected it had something to do with China's warnings that associating with the Dalai Lama would have consequences. The audience during the Avalokiteshvera Initiation wearing symbolic blindfolds on the second day of teachings in Budapest, Hungary, September 19th, 2010. The apology came after China objected to the meeting and canceled their own appointments with Mongolian officials. His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the second day of teachings in Budapest, Hungary, September 19th, 2010. Not everyone has been so kind. In 2016, The New York Times reported that Mongolia - who had once helped establish the office of Dalai Lama centuries before - publicly apologized for letting him visit. When the next census was taken, the Tibetan population had dropped by 300,000. On March 17, he snuck out of the palace and started his long trek to India. The Dalai Lama's guards were executed, monasteries around Lhasa were also attacked and destroyed, and by then, the Dalai Lama was already gone. Then, on March 21, the Chinese Army started shelling the palace and the protesters, killing thousands of men, women, and children. More people assembled and, according to History, fighting started two days later. Fears that the Dalai Lama would be taken were very real, and Free Tibet says that's when tens of thousands of people gathered around the Dalai Lama's Norbulingka Palace to make their fears known. But when they followed the request with instructions that he should come alone, that didn't sit well with anyone - especially when word leaked to the public. Invitations turned to demands, and they agreed on March 10,1959. Then, something incredibly suspicious happened. Representatives of the Chinese Army invited the Dalai Lama to a theatrical performance and a tea at their Lhasa headquarters. It wasn't an easy transition for the toddler, and he would later write, "There now began a somewhat unhappy period of my life." From there, he was taken from his home and ultimately, to Lhasa - as he had predicted. Any doubts he was the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama disappeared when he recognized and named the men who came to his house, and correctly picked items - teacups, drums, rosaries, and a walking stick - that had belonged to the previous Dalai Lama. He was only 2-years-old when representatives of the Tibetan government discovered him. One of his favorite things to do was to pack his things and declare he was going to Tibet's capital, Lhasa, and when he was born, his father had somewhat miraculously recovered from a severe illness. They were poor farmers, and Lhamo was one of 16 children, although only seven survived childhood. His memories, he says, "were very ordinary," but distinct. There was the small village of Taktser, and it was home to little Lhamo Thondup and his family. ![]()
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