1.0International Campaign for Tibethttps://savetibet.orgInternational Campaign for Tibethttps://savetibet.org/author/international-campaign-for-tibet/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://savetibet.org/communist-party-official-known-for-virulent-attacks-on-dalai-lama-comes-under-unprecedented-criticism/">Communist Party official known for virulent attacks on Dalai Lama comes under unprecedented criticism</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://savetibet.org/communist-party-official-known-for-virulent-attacks-on-dalai-lama-comes-under-unprecedented-criticism/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Communist Party official known for virulent attacks on Dalai Lama comes under unprecedented criticism” — International Campaign for Tibet" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>December 22, 2015 A senior Communist Party official known for his hardline stance against the Dalai Lama has come under unprecedented criticism on social media in the PRC in a row over fake Buddhist lamas. Zhu Weiqun, former executive vice minister of the powerful United Front Work Department, who recently accused the Dalai Lama of being a sympathizer of ISIS [Daesh], has been the target of rare criticism for his statements on Tibet by a respected Tibetan scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Chinese and Tibetan netizens. The developments emerge in a charged political environment in which the Chinese authorities have accused Nobel Peace Prize Laureate the Dalai Lama of adopting “violent terror methods” and amid intensified efforts by the CCP to assert control over his reincarnation and Tibetan Buddhist practice. The criticism of Zhu reveals profound disquiet over Chinese policy on Tibet and for the survival of Tibetan Buddhist religion.