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Chinese media praises Gillard for refusing to meet Dalai Lama | Chinese state-controlled media has praised
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard for refusing to met Tibetian spiritual
leader Dalai Lama, according to a report. Liu Huaxin, a committee member of international
development at the People's Daily, a mouthpiece newspaper for the ruling Communist
party, said that Gillard's decision to snub the Dalai Lama has been "acclaimed"
by China . He also took the rare step of displaying a photograph of the Dalai
Lama, whose image is almost never seen in China . The image showed the spiritual
leader alongside a separate picture of Gillard with an illustrated speech bubble
saying "No," The Age reports. Huaxin, however, warned during an officially sponsored
media workshop that Australia 's enhanced military ties to the US sent confusing
signals to Chinese people, the paper said. He said through a translator there
was a view Australia was 'tied up to the chariot of the US and it was easy to
get on, but more difficult to get off". According to the paper, Huaxin realed
off a litany of complaints about Australia 's attitudes to China . He pointed
to the decision to base 2500 US marines near Darwin , recent speculation about
a secret chapter on war with China in Australia 's 2009 military blueprint, banning
Chinese company Huawei from investing in the National Broadband Network and plans
for American surveilance drones take off from the Australian Indian ocean territory
of Cocos Islands . Huaxin, however, clarified his remarks, saying he was reflecting
general public perceptions, not official policy.
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