Taiwan's government OKs Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwanese President Ma Ying jeou says his government has agreed to a visit by the Dalai Lama to comfort survivors of a devastating typhoon.
Such a visit is likely to anger China, which considers the Buddhist spiritual leader a "splittist" for promoting Tibetan autonomy. The move comes at a time when China and Taiwan are developing closer ties after decades of enmity. China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949.
Ma made the surprise announcement Thursday as he visited a school in Nantou County that was destroyed in mudslides triggered by Typhoon Morakot that hit Aug. 8-9. The storm claimed 670 lives.
Several local officials have invited the Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan toward the end of the month.
- Re: Taiwan's government OKs Dalai Lama to visit Taiwanposted on 08/27/2009
好消息。 - Re: Taiwan's government OKs Dalai Lama to visit Taiwanposted on 08/27/2009
我对这事解读有两方面,一则台湾藏传蛮盛,有不少黄教,也有红教
、黑教甚至花教道场,这是从宗教上来说。
二则达赖有政治魅力,咱不提政治影响力。台湾人显得气短,需要高
人给佛像开光,或者说是灌顶。
laoding wrote:
好消息。
老丁久不见了,一向可好!
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