By Maidhc Ó Cathail. Published in Beo! May 2008.
When the Chinese government alleged that the Dalai Lama was behind the recent unrest in Tibet, the international media were incredulous. Since Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, is widely seen in the West as the personification of saintliness, the idea that he was fomenting the violence in his native land seemed preposterous. But might there be any basis to the Chinese claims?
