Dalai Lama reiterates support for Beijing Olympics (AFP)
By renmenbi.com on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 15:43

Tibetan residents in Japan and Japanese supporters greet Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama upon his arrival at Narita Airport in Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo, on April 10. The Dalai Lama reiterated Thursday that he backed China's right to host the Olympic Games, as he started his first foreign trip since unrest broke out in Tibet.(AFP/JiJi Press)AFP - The Dalai Lama reiterated Thursday that he backed China's right to host the Olympic Games and said he personally sought to calm pro-Tibet protests during the torch relay.