China expected India to be sensitive to its concerns like the Dalai Lama, the official said, noting that Beijing viewed the Tibetan spiritual leader as a “very bad guy” though India viewed him as “an important person”. Photo: APNew Delhi: The Dalai Lama is the biggest impediment to ties between India and China, a Chinese official said on Friday, describing the Tibetan spiritual leader as the “sting” in the relationship between the Asian giants. The Dalai Lama has been living in exile in India since 1959, when he fled Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese rule. According to the Chinese official, the April visit of the Dalai Lama was the first in nine years and the first after Prime Minister Modi took office in May 2014. “If you are absent you have no voice,” the Chinese official said, indicating that India’s views and concerns on the subject would not be registered in its absence.

Source: Mint May 05, 2017 17:26 UTC