US leader’s Tibet stance harming ties: China media

Beijing: A Chinese state-run newspaper on Friday attacked US House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi for meeting the Dalai Lama in India and accused her of “hyping the Tibet question” when China-US relations were getting better.

“Just as the China-US relationship is getting back on the right track after experiencing some ups and downs, 77-year-old Pelosi, who is seen very much as clinging to power way past her prime, has found a chance to highlight herself by playing the Dalai Lama card,” an op-ed article in the Global Times said.

Ms Pelosi led a US delegation to Dharamsala and met “exiled and infamous Dalai Lama”, the article said, without mentioning that the delegation was a bipartisan with both Democrat and Republican legislators.

“The remarks that  Pelosi and her confederates made in Dharamsala were nothing but cliches. By wooing Tibetan separatists, they intended to highlight the US’ high moral ground in democracy and human rights,” it said.

“Another motive of Pelosi is to enhance the voices of the Democratic Party by hyping up the Tibet question, which is nothing but an outdated move. US President Donald Trump is propelled to abandon the polices of the Democratic Party of playing the cards of human rights and democracy, as these moves are doomed to fail.”