Asserting that the Tibetan Buddhists did a good job for centuries in choosing their leader, a top United States Diplomat said that China does not have the right to pick the next Dalai Lama. "That certainly includes the next Dalai Lama. Brownback, who heads the Office of International Religious Freedom in the US Department of State, also addressed the persecution of Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang province. The answer to terrorism is religious freedom, allowing people to freely practise their faith, and they won't fight you as much. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, fled to India with the help of CIA's Special Activities Division after China cracked down on the Tibetan uprising.

Source: dna November 19, 2020 10:41 UTC