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The Dalai Lama gives a Tibetan shawl to Japan’s main opposition Liberal Democratic Party president Shinzo Abe, at the upper house members’ office building in Tokyo, November 13, 2012.<\/div>
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November 13, 2012<\/div>
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The man who could become Japan’s next prime minister met with the Dalai Lama Tuesday and called for freedom in Tibet, prompting an immediate protest by the Chinese government.<\/div>
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Former prime minister Shinzo Abe, an outspoken nationalist who has been critical of Beijing, joined around 130 other parliamentarians in welcoming the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader to a meeting in Tokyo.<\/div>
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“We lawmakers here are in complete agreement, that we want to help the suffering Tibetan people and help create a Tibet in which people do not have to kill themselves in a quest for freedom,” he said.<\/div>
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Speaking at the meeting, the Dalai Lama invited Japanese parliamentarians to visit Tibet to find out the reasons for a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans. He also called on Chinese authorities to conduct a “thorough investigation” into the protests against Chinese rule.<\/div>
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China’s reaction<\/div>
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In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei blasted both the Dalai Lama and the Japanese government, saying both were encouraging extremist separatist groups.<\/div>
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“Japan’s right wing openly supports the Dalai Lama’s anti-China, separatist actions and interferes with China’s internal policies. China strongly condemns this,” said Hong Lei. “The Japanese government indulges the Dalai Lama’s separatist movements and the right wing’s anti-Chinese actions, betrays the principle and spirit of mutual benefit between China and Japan. China has already launched a protest.”<\/div>
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Japan-China relations were already strained in recent months after Tokyo nationalized a group of uninhabited East China Sea islands at the center of a long-running dispute between the two Asian neighbors.<\/div>
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