The New York Times, 25 March 2012

BEIJING — As the Chinese government’s relationship with the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, has gone from bad to worse over the years, Beijing’s propaganda machine has churned out increasingly florid descriptions of him. He has been called a “jackal,” a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” and, routinely, a “splittist.”

On Saturday, the state-run news media sought to equate the Dalai Lama, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, with the Nazis and their genocidal war on European Jews.

The commentary, posted on China Tibet Online and carried by the official Xinhua news agency, said the Dalai Lama was advocating policies that would result in the expulsion of ethnic Han Chinese from traditionally Tibetan parts of the country.

“The remarks of the Dalai Lama remind us of the cruel Nazis during the Second World War,” it said, adding, “How similar it is to the Holocaust committed by Hitler on the Jews!”

It also called him a “tricky liar skilled in double-dealing.”

The comments referred to past statements in which the Dalai Lama condemned policies that encouraged Han Chinese migration to Tibetan areas and others that favored Chinese-language instruction over Tibetan in predominately Tibetan schools.

The office of the Dalai Lama, in Dharamsala, India, did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but Tibetan activists reacted with incredulity. Tsering Tsomo, director of the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Dharamsala, said such statements diminished the Chinese government as it sought to play a greater diplomatic role in world affairs. “Many countries depend on Chinese cooperation on important issues, and this kind of behavior does not help their standing,” she said.

Mia Li contributed research.

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