China cautions against use of ‘Tibet card’, says it will damage bilateral tiesindiaUpdated: Dec 30, 2020, 21:50 ISTAgainst the backdrop of US President signing into law measures to bolster the right of Tibetans to choose the next Dalai Lama, Beijing on Wednesday cautioned that any move to play the “Tibet card” to meddle in its internal affairs would further damage India-China relations. The Chinese government usually refers to the current Dalai Lama, who has lived in India since he escaped from Tibet in 1959, as a “separatist” or “splittist”. China has also bristled at visits by the Dalai Lama to areas such as Arunachal Pradesh, which it claims. They have also said that the current Dalai Lama and India cannot have any role in this process. The spokesperson claimed Tibet “has been part of China since ancient times” and its affairs are “purely China’s internal affairs that allow no foreign interference”.

Source: Hindustan Times December 30, 2020 16:15 UTC