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Botswana Retaliates

August 21, 2017;

The proposed visit by HH the Dalai Lama to Botswana has drawn the usual objections and threats from China who say that Botswana should cancel the visit and “earnestly respect China’s core interests and make the correct political decision.” Botswana’s president Ian Khama, however, is reported as saying that despite China’s heavy investment in the country, “We are not your colony” and that His Holiness is welcome there.

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