KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- "No Dalai Lama
-- Only food and beds wanted" and "(He) only talks -- no fund-raising", said
banners Monday displayed by Taiwan's ethnic groups' typhoon-hit victims outside
the hotel where the Dalai Lama was staying in Kaohsiung City.
Dozens of typhoon victims from
Pingtung County, who arrived in Kaohsiung on early Monday morning, waved banners
and shouted to show their disapproval of the Democratic Progressive Party's
(DPP's) invitation to the Dalai Lama to visit the island.
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"No Dalai Lama -- Only food and beds
wanted" and "(He) only talks -- no fund-raising", said banners Monday
displayed by Taiwan's ethnic groups' typhoon-hit victims outside the hotel
where the Dalai Lama was staying in Kaohsiung City. (Photo:
people.com.cn)
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"We have so much relief and reconstruction work to
finish, and what we care about most are food, accommodation and employment. We
need sincere and constant help," said a protester surnamed Yu.
"It's not suitable to invite the Dalai Lama to visit
Taiwan. Peoples' attention has been diverted from the victims and relief work to
his visit," Yu said.
Kuomintang Vice President Wu Den-yih said the DPP
should not disrupt relations between the mainland and Taiwan.
"It's a DPP political plot to invite the Dalai Lama, and
is easily seen through by the public," Wu said.
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"No Dalai Lama -- Only food and beds
wanted" and "(He) only talks -- no fund-raising", said banners Monday
displayed by Taiwan's ethnic groups' typhoon-hit victims outside the hotel
where the Dalai Lama was staying in Kaohsiung City. (Photo:
people.com.cn)
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Gallery>>> |
Taiwan's United Daily News has also denounced
Kaohsiung mayor as "a selfish person who burned a bridge after crossing it". The
mayor visited the mainland in May and won support of the mainland for a sports
game. Now it invited the Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan, a move seen by many that
will impair relations between the mainland and Taiwan.
Last Saturday, more than 10 Taiwanese political
organizations condemned DPP's invitation to the Dalai Lama as "unethical" and
"politically motivated," as approximately 100 members from the Labor Rights
Association, the Labor Party and other organizations staged a protest outside
the headquarters of the DPP in Taipei.
Mainland reiterates "resolute opposition" against Dalai Lama's
visit to Taiwan
BEIJING, Aug. 31
(Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland Sunday reiterated its "resolute opposition"
against the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan.
"The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has ulterior
motives to instigate the Dalai Lama, who has long been engaged in separatist
activities, to visit Taiwan," said a spokesman for the State Council Taiwan
Affairs Office.
Taiwan political organizations protest
DPP invitation to Dalai Lama
TAIPEI, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- More than 10 Taiwanese
political organizations Saturday denounced the Democratic Progressive Party's
(DPP's) invitation to the Dalai Lama to visit the island as "unethical" and
"politically motivated."
They also expressed doubts if the visit would benefit
ongoing disaster relief in the wake of Typhoon Morakot and voiced their worries
the visit would damage relations between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland. Full story
Mainland's religious head: proposed
Dalai Lama visit a "political
move"
TAIPEI, Aug. 28
(Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland's religious head arrived in Taiwan Friday noon
to participate in Buddhist ritual prayer for typhoon victims, saying the
proposed Dalai Lama visit to the island was "politically motivated."
Ye Xiaowen, head of the China Religious Culture
Communication Association, was taking up an invitation from Venerable Wei Chueh
of Taiwan's Chung Tai Chan Monastery. Full story
Mainland "resolutely opposes" proposed
Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan
BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland said
Thursday it "resolutely opposes" the proposed visit of the Dalai Lama to Taiwan
"in whatever form and capacity."
"The Dalai Lama is not a pure religious figure," said a
spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office. Full story
