17 June 2008
Beijing blames Dalai Lama for Kathmandu protests
(IANS) Beijing has accused the Dalai Lama of organising the Tibetan protests, which are being held on an almost daily basis in Kathmandu, via a third party who is holding "secret meetings with the ringleaders of some organisations". China's ambassador to Nepal Zheng Xianglin accused the Dalai Lama and the CTA in Dharamsala of sending someone to Kathmandu to incite the protests. The ambassador told the Rising Nepal newspaper: "A leader despatched by the Tibetan government in exile is in Kathmandu now, holding secret meetings with the ringleaders of some organisations for Tibetan independence and plotting various anti-China activities". Beijing has been urging Nepal's new government to come down hard on the protesters in Kathmandu.