Dalai Lama's prayers for Tibetans 'terrorism in disguise', China says

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Source: The Guardian

The Chinese foreign ministry has accused the Dalai Lama of "terrorism in disguise" for supporting Tibetans who have set themselves on fire in protest against Beijing's rule.

The remarks came as the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader fasted and led prayers to honour the nine clerics or former clerics who have self-immolated in south-western China over seven months. On Monday, a nun became the first woman to set fire to herself, dying as a result.

The practice was unknown among clerics until two years ago, when one monk burnt himself to death in Sichuan province's Aba county, the predominantly Tibetan area in which most of the deaths have taken place.

The foreign ministry spokeswoman, Jiang Yu, condemned the self-immolations and said the Dalai Lama was glorifying the cases, inciting further suicides.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/19/dalai-lama-prayers-tibetans-terrorism

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1. Hey China...here's something for you.

*FINGER*

You are a State of Hate...so STFU.

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2. Free Tibet!

'nuff said.