Voices: The Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday will reignite China’s religion problem – and put Tibet back in Xi’s firing line

10 months ago

For millions of Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama is a symbol of resistance. For Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, he is simply another annoyance, along with the rebels in Taiwan and the democracy campaigners in Hong Kong, whose defiance must – and will – be dealt with.

We know that Xi, the most powerful and ruthless Chinese leader in a generation, has little time for religion unless it's the carefully curated cult of Xi himself. Organised religion is a threat to ...

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