China Skewers House Speaker

Media rips Pelosi, touts Olympics as triumph of 'good over evil'
By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 13, 2008 5:50 AM CDT
China Skewers House Speaker
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama appears with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Dharamsala, India, last month.   (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

Chinese state-sponsored media today blasted US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her stance supporting Tibet.  Belligerent  editorials from the official Xinhua news agency ripped Pelosi as "the most disgusting person" and a "protector of mobsters, arsonists and murderers." Pelosi has urged President Bush to boycott the opening ceremony of the upcoming Olympic games to protest China's human rights abuses.

The broadside came a day after nine Buddhist monks were arrested for allegedly bombing a Chinese government building, and amid rumors that new clashes between Tibetan activists and Chinese security forces loomed in Lhasa. The Dalai Lama, meanwhile, spoke yesterday to an enthusiastic crowd of 50,000 people in Seattle. (More 2008 Beijing Olympics stories.)

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