(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-04-04 15:20

A news analysis exposing the Dalai Lama's libel of Chinese armed forces was applauded by readers, who slammed his allegation that servicemen dressed as Tibetan monks and acted as rioters on March 14 in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region.

The Global Times, affiliated to the People's Daily, lambasted the Dalai Lama for such allegations in the online edition of the India-based Tribune.

Some netizens were skeptical of online photographs meant to support the allegations, pointing out that People's Armed Police would not have worn summer uniforms, as shown in the photographs, on March 14 in Lhasa, where the weather was still chilly.

Also, unlike the people shown in the photographs, all PAP officers have since 2005 worn shoulder badges, indicating the photographs were outdated, the newspaper quoted one reader as saying.

A netizen wrote: "How could the Dalai clique use as evidence such a picture, which is full of loopholes? The cheaters are too unprofessional."

The newspaper charged that this is not the first time the Dalai clique has twisted facts and that the Indian town of Dharamsala, where the "Tibetan government-in-exile" was located, is a source of lies.

A Global Times India correspondent described many ordinary Tibetans living in Dharamsala as grumbling about the endless anti-China protests and demonstrations organized by the Dalai clique. They had to halt their small businesses' operations while being compelled to participate in those political activities.

A Dharamsala resident told the Global Times the Dalai clique often faces financial hardships, so they try hard to make ends meet by competing for money with Western countries, the newspaper said.

Although based in the isolated Himalayan town, the Dalai clique is both well informed and highly informative, it said.

The Dalai Lama and his supporters are quite adept at manipulating extremely biased media, such as Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, to disseminate lies, rumors and propaganda, the newspaper said.