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Here is France to do other part for Tibet

DO NOT COME TO CHINA ----   CHINA COMES TO YOU
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China condemns Paris honour to Dalai Lama
Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:27pm IST  Email | Print | Share| Single Page[-]
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China condemned on Tuesday Paris's decision to
make the Dalai Lama an honorary citizen, warning that the gesture had
damaged ties with France just as both nations were seeking to ease bad
blood over protests.

Relations between France and China were strained by Tibet protests
that disrupted the passage of the Beijing Olympic Games torch through
Paris earlier this month.

Angry Chinese citizens have responded by urging boycotts of French
goods and companies, especially the retailer Carrefour.

As French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Chinese President Hu Jintao
were seeking to heal rifts by sending envoys to each other, Paris city
hall on Monday honoured the Dalai Lama, the exiled Buddhist leader
whom China blames for unrest in Tibetan areas.

The Dalai Lama, who fled into exile in 1959, has long called for
greater Tibetan autonomy and freedom. He says he opposes violent
protest and demands for outright Tibetan independence, but China calls
him a hypocrite.

China praised Sarkozy's conciliatory acts but warned that the Paris
move would hurt relations with France.

"This act is crude interference in China's domestic affairs and has
seriously damaged China-French ties," Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a statement on its website (http://
www.fmprc.gov.cn).

Noting that China was already angry about the protests that dogged the
torch relay, Jiang called honouring the Dalai Lama another dangerous
signal.

"For the Paris city council to make the Dalai an 'honorary citizen of
Paris' now can only be considered as another grave provocation of 1.3
billion Chinese people, including the people of Tibet, and it will
further encourage the arrogance of the Dalai and Tibet independence
elements."  Continued... 
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