India: Dalai Lama's Ladakh visit irks China


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This is the Dalai Lama’s first trip outside his base in the northern Indian city of Dharamsala since the onset of the pandemic The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader, arrived in India’s remote mountainous Ladakh region bordering China last week for a month-long visit. He received a rousing reception, with thousands of people lining up on both sides of the road outside the airport in the cold desert region’s Leh town to welcome him. “Tibet and Ladakh share rich cultural and religious ties. The people of Ladakh —including Buddhists, Muslims and Christians — have huge respect for...