Dalai Lama says China's leaders 'don't understand' diversity

TOKYO — Tibet’s exiled spiritual person the Dalai Lama says China’s leaders “don’t recognize the assortment of antithetic cultures” and that the ruling Communist Party’s penchant for choky societal power tin beryllium harmful.

The 86-year-old Buddhist monk connected Wednesday besides said helium wished to stay location successful India, wherever helium has lived since 1959 aft a failed uprising against Chinese regularisation successful Tibet, alternatively than get progressive successful the “complicated politics” betwixt China, tally by the officially atheist Communist Party, and powerfully Buddhist Taiwan.

Speaking astatine an online property league hosted by the Tokyo Foreign Correspondents Club, the Dalai Lama said determination were nary peculiar plans to conscionable with Chinese person Xi Jinping and declined to remark connected Xi’s plans to stay successful bureau for a 3rd five-year term.

“Chinese communist leaders, they bash not recognize the assortment of antithetic cultures,” helium said. “In reality, excessively overmuch power volition harm people.”

China exercises rigid power implicit each religions and successful caller years has stepped up a run of taste assimilation targeting Tibetans, Turkic Muslim Uyghurs and different number groups.

The Dalai Lama said helium did not privation to go progressive successful “local and governmental difficulties,” but was dedicated to making contributions to “brothers and sisters” successful some Taiwan and mainland China. “This concern is rather complicated,” helium said.

“Sometimes I truly consciousness this elemental Buddhist monk (does) not privation to (become involved) successful analyzable politics,” helium said, chuckling.

The Dalai Lama retired from authorities successful 2011 but remains a large unit for the preservation of Tibetan traditions.

China castigates him arsenic an advocator for Tibetan independency and has not had nonstop contacts with his representatives successful much than a decade.

The Dalai Lama says helium simply advocates for Tibet’s important autonomy and extortion for its autochthonal Buddhist culture.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the doorway to dialog and engagement with the Dalai Lama “remains open,” but that Beijing would not sermon the presumption of Tibet.

“What the Dalai Lama broadside should bash is springiness up its presumption connected splitting China, halt its secessionist activities and instrumentality factual actions to triumph the spot of the cardinal authorities and the Chinese people,” Wang said astatine Wednesday’s regular briefing.