SUPREME RULER OF TIBET RECOMMENDS CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM OF CHINA

Posted on September 18, 2016 Updated on September 18, 2016

SUPREME RULER OF TIBET RECOMMENDS CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM OF CHINA

Supreme Ruler of Tibet His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, during his visit to Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, September 15, 2016, urges constructive criticism of China. I share several thoughts to Expose Red China’s Real Face.

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Dalai Lama, in Europe, urges ‘constructive criticism’ of China

 Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (R) jokes with Nils Muiznieks, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, during his visit at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures as he attends a meeting with youth in Strasbourg, France, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama attends a meeting with youth in Strasbourg, France, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures as he delivers a speech at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures as he attends a meeting with youth in Strasbourg, France, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama puts a towel on his head during a visit at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures as he attends a meeting with youth in Strasbourg, France, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures as he delivers a speech at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (L) talks with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland, during his visit at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures as he attends a meeting with youth in Strasbourg, France, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (L), is welcomed by European Parliament president Martin Schulz at his arrival at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (L), is welcomed by European Parliament president Martin Schulz at his arrival at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures as he arrives to deliver a speech at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures as he delivers a speech at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

STRASBOURG, France Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, said on Thursday the European Union should offer “constructive criticism” of China.

Speaking at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, he said he hoped that the Tibetan issue would be resolved but urged the outside world and the European Union in particular not to hold back from criticizing Beijing.

Communist troops marched in and took control of Tibet in 1950 in what Beijing calls a “peaceful liberation”. The Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959 following a failed uprising against the Chinese.

“Some constructive criticism is sometime necessary, helpful,” the Dalai Lama told reporters.

Beijing denounces the Dalai Lama as a dangerous separatist who wants an independent Tibet. He denies espousing violence and says he only wants genuine autonomy for his Himalayan homeland.

Contact between the Dalai Lama and foreign governments is frequently a source of friction with Beijing. Although a guest of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the Dalai Lama did not meet French government officials while in France.

(Reporting by Gilbert Reilhac; Writing by Matthias Blamont; Editing by Leigh Thomas and Dominic Evans)