Posted on 10/21/2007 5:38:55 AM PDT by knighthawk
Hong Kong - The Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao reports that monks in Tibet have been involved in clashes with the police over the last four days. The monks in the capital Lhasa wanted to celebrate the award of the United States Congressional Gold Medal to their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. About 1,100 monks have been confined to a monastery in Lhasa following the clashes, but it remains unclear whether arrests have been made.
US President George W Bush attended the award of the medal, the highest civilian honour given by Congress, to the Dalai Lama in Washington on Wednesday. China, which occupied Tibet in 1950, views the Dalai Lama as a separatist and is furious at the award.
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