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Full Text: Chinese legislature on U.S. Congressional "award" to Dalai Lama - People s Daily Online Text Version RSS Feeds Newsletter HomeForumPhotosFeaturesNewsletterArchiveEmployment About US Help Site Map languages Chinese Japanese French Spanish Russian Arabic SEARCH About USFAQSite MapSite News - China - World - Business - Opinion - Sci-Edu - Life - Sports - Photo - Archive SERVICES -Text Version -RSS Feeds -Newsletter -News Archive -Give us feedback -Voices of Readers -Online community -China Biz info What s new - Home>>World Full Text: Chinese legislature on U.S. Congressional "award" to Dalai Lama +-21:34, October 18, 2007 Related News Strong protest lodged over US Congress award to Dalai Lama Tibetan official regrets U.S. gross interference in China s affairs China summons U.S. ambassador to protest award to Dalai Lama China resents gross interference China s religious official lashes out at Dalai Lama s U.S. award, Bush meeting Comment Tell A Friend Print Format Save Article A senior official with the Foreign Affairs Committee of The National People s Congress (NPC) of China on Thursday made remarks on a U.S. Congressional "award" to the Dalai Lama. The remarks are as follows: In disregard of China s strong opposition and repeated representations, the U.S. Congress held a ceremony on Capitol Hill on October 17 and awarded the Dalai Lama the so-called "Congressional Gold Medal," providing the Dalai Lama with a forum to distort the reality and carry out activities aimed at splitting China. This provocative move constitutes a gross interference in China s internal affairs and is highly offensive to the Chinese people. We hereby express our strong indignation at and firm opposition to this act. As is known to all, Tibet has always been an integral part of China s territory. It has been an administrative region under the di...