China opposes Dalai Lama visit

China opposes Dalai Lama visit: "China opposes Dalai Lama visit

China brands the Dalai Lama, who fled into exile in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, a separatist. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

BEIJING - CHINA is resolutely opposed to the proposed visit of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to Taiwan, the self-ruled island it claims as its own.

'No matter under what form or identity Dalai uses to enter Taiwan, we resolutely oppose this,' the Taiwan Affairs Bureau said in a statement carried by the Xinhua news agency.

China brands the Dalai Lama, who fled into exile in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, a separatist. -- REUTERS"