Posted AT 7:30 PM EST on 26/03/08
Chinese ambassador to Canada mounts media offensive
OTTAWA — China's ambassador to Canada held an extraordinary news conference Wednesday where he likened Tibet's traditional governance to Nazi Germany and called the country's exiled spiritual leader a serial liar.
"The Dalai Lama has been telling lies to the world for decades," Lu Shumin told a group of invited journalists at the Chinese Embassy.
Mr. Lu said western media have been hoodwinked by the Dalai Lama.
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