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China Slams Pelosi's Support for Tibet  

Posted Mar 23, 08 2:36 PM CDT in Politics,  World    Most Covered

(newser) – China’s government hammered House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today over her meeting with the Dalai Lama and subsequent condemnation of China's "oppression" of Tibetan protests that turned to riots, the AP reports. Xinhua, China’s state news agency, said “human rights police” like Pelosi employed “double standards” unfair to China and didn’t “check their facts.”

The agency renewed its accusation that the Dalai Lama sparked the protests to mar China’s global image ahead of the Beijing Olympics, in a move toward Tibetan independence. The Tibetan leader denied the charge today, saying he’d “always” supported the Beijing games “so that more than 1 billion human beings, that means Chinese, feel proud of it.”

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China Slams Pelosi's Support for Tibet
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, left, talks to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, right, in Dharmsala, India, Friday, March 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
China Slams Pelosi's Support for Tibet
Tibetan monks wait before prayers at the Dongzhuling Monastery, in the mountains, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) east from border with Tibet, southwestern China's Yunnan province, Sunday March 23, 2008....   (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
China Slams Pelosi's Support for Tibet
Paramilitary police march in a street in Zhongdian, in a Tibetan area known as Shangri-La, in China's southwest Yunnan province Saturday March 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
China Slams Pelosi's Support for Tibet
Tibetans light oil lamps to pray for those who died during protests in China as they urge the Chinese government not to use brute force against Tibetan protesters, in Katmandu, Nepal, March 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
China Slams Pelosi's Support for Tibet
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, left, and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi greet each other at a public reception at the Namgayal complex in Dharamsala, India, Friday, March 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
China Slams Pelosi's Support for Tibet
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, left, and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walk after a lunch meeting in Dharamsala, India, Friday, March 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
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