Tibetan `holocaust'

From: The Nelson Mail | Date: July 24, 2007 | Copyright information

Sir, John Key stood up and met His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Lamaism and exiled leader of the Tibetan people.

This is a race of people that know no anger, harbour no resentment, and are the most peaceful of all of us. They live by a law of "If you can help you should, if you don't wish to help, then don't harm.''

China invaded Tibet in 1959, then set about a bloody massacre of Tibetans, many being women and children. They torched 6000 monasteries. <...

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