One of our commenters complained that I had not noted that the Dalai Lama said that China had killed “hundreds of thousands of Tibetans” in the interview I cited. Actually, it was a different speech, which you can read about here. He also said, among other things that Tibet had been turned into a “hell on earth” and that Tibetans could expect years more of fruitless negotiations with China. Pretty grim stuff. I’m not sure where the hundreds of thousands figure comes from and yes, it does seem as though it was plucked from the air. We’ll see if there’s any more detail forthcoming. Meanwhile, our colleague Madhur is currently in Dharamsala and filed this report.
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