Beowulf
08-03-2007, 12:04 PM
BEIJING - <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = AT /><AT:CLASS></AT:CLASS>Scores of people were arrested in a traditionally Tibetan area of western China following public calls for the return of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, reports said Friday.
<AT:CLASS></AT:CLASS>Also Friday, China moved to tighten its control over Tibetan Buddhism by asserting the communist government's sole right to recognize Buddhist reincarnations of the lamas that form the backbone of the religion's clergy.
<AT:CLASS></AT:CLASS>All future incarnations of living Buddhas related to Tibetan Buddhism "must get government approval," the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing the State Administration for Religious Affairs.
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People bitch at our government about not being tolerant towards religion. I guess no one will say anything to China since they're "such big business partners," right?:flame:
<AT:CLASS></AT:CLASS>Also Friday, China moved to tighten its control over Tibetan Buddhism by asserting the communist government's sole right to recognize Buddhist reincarnations of the lamas that form the backbone of the religion's clergy.
<AT:CLASS></AT:CLASS>All future incarnations of living Buddhas related to Tibetan Buddhism "must get government approval," the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing the State Administration for Religious Affairs.
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People bitch at our government about not being tolerant towards religion. I guess no one will say anything to China since they're "such big business partners," right?:flame: