US reps, Dalai Lama take aim at China sore spot Tibet

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May 10, 2017;

By Fox News,

Democratic leader in the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi greets Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama at the Tsuglagkhang temple in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. A group from US Congress is taking aim at one of China’s sore spots, Tibet, during a meeting in India with the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader. Pelosi said Wednesday that China was using “brutal tactics” and economic leverage to crush Tibetan calls for autonomy. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) (The Associated Press)

DHARMSALA, India – A group from the U.S. House of Representatives has taken aim at one of China’s sore spots — Tibet — during a gathering in India with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi said China was using “brutal tactics” and economic leverage to crush Tibetan calls for autonomy.

She told Tibetans at Wednesday’s gathering in the Dalai Lama’s main temple in the Indian hill town of Dharmsala that they “will not be silenced.”

Pelosi, a California Democrat, was in India along with seven other U.S. representatives.

The challenge to Tibet’s status is likely to irritate Beijing, which considers the Dalai Lama to be a dangerous separatist. China insists the Himalayan region is an integral part of the country.