September 27, 2004
Funny That...So pithy, concise and to the point it's worth quoting in full:
International Herald Tribune (via AFP)
BEIJING A 14-year-old boy picked by China to become the second-highest spiritual figure in Tibet used his first public interview to lavish praise on the Communist Party, the Xinhua press agency reported on Sunday. He was chosen by as the 11th Panchen Lama at a Beijing conference in 1995 after the exiled Dalai Lama designated a different boy as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama.
The boy said in an interview with Xinhua that he was pleased with the levels of social stability and economic development in Tibet. "We wouldn't have made all these achievements without the good leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, the support from all the Chinese people and the painstaking efforts of the Tibetans," he said.
Speaking to Xinhua during a visit to Tibet, he said that he would promote social and economic development in the Himalayan region.
The boy, who is widely seen as a Beijing puppet, rarely appears in public. He has received almost all his Buddhist education in Beijing, where he has also undergone political education. He was staying at the Tashilunpo monastery, in Tibet's second-largest city, Shigatse, Xinhua said. The press agency said that crowds of Buddhists were lingering outside his residence, hoping to catch a glimpse of him. The Dalai Lama's choice, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, disappeared from public view in 1995 and is believed to have been under house arrest ever since.
Not that you'd expect a 14-year-old boy to come up with any incisive political commentary anyway, whether or not he is the mystical chosen one of the CCP. Perhaps they think he's a reincarnation of Mao Zedong.
The original Xinhua article is right here. Worth a quick look for his inanities about war and peace.
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