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July 1, 2013 11:59 am
[BBC / 28 June 2013]The Chinese government has issued a strong denial of reports that its long-standing ban on openly worshipping the Dalai Lama has changed.
It comes after reports that restrictions on worshipping the Dalai Lama had been eased in some areas.
In a statement to the BBC, the state bureau for religious affairs said there had been no policy change.
The Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism, fled in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule.
For years, senior Communist officials have infuriated Tibetan Buddhists by referring to the Dalai Lama with a series of derogatory names, the BBC’s Celia Hatton in Beijing reports.
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