Sentence examples for splittist from inspiring English sources

Shortly after the Dalai Lama's envoys arrived in Beijing, a senior official in Lhasa gave The Economist an earful about the "splittist" behaviour of Tibet's spiritual leader.Hundreds of Tibetans, many of them Buddhist monks and nuns, are believed to remain in custody after a draconian crackdown on dissent in response to the unrest.

It need not compromise on Tibet.Make the deal while the Dalai Lama still livesMuch as it fulminates against the evil "splittist" shenanigans of the Dalai Lama, China knows it is winning the diplomatic battle.

Mr Zhu is known as a loud public voice of the party's opposition to the exiled Tibetan leader, whom he has denounced as a "splittist", who is "evil" and "deceitful .The party's relationship with religious believers who are not party members is complicated enough.

The Dalai is still, officially, "a national splittist with a religious overcoat"; his nine-day trip to the United States, which began on November 5th, and the "international clamours" it is generating, provide further proof of his "insincerity", it is said in Beijing.

Two years ago, Britain's prime minister, David Cameron, met the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, whom Beijing labels a "splittist".

Modernisation, surprisingly for a leader who is branded a "splittist" and feudalist by the Chinese authorities and has supposedly been reincarnated 14 times over as many generations, comes a close second.It is easy to understand the Chinese leadership's fear of the Dalai Lama.

And China has been fuming at the prospect of a trip (now delayed) to America, shortly after a controversial trip to Japan, of that "arch-splittist", ex-President Lee Tung-hui of Taiwan, not to mention the possible stop-over later in May of his excoriated successor, Chen Shui-bian.

In this case the splittists are not the Dalai Lama and his clique but the World Uyghur Congress and its exiled leader, Rebiya Kadeer.

Significantly, however, 87% of the Tamil minority were unhappy with the military campaign.In this section Sittin' on the dock of a bay Splitting splittists Hungry for justice Not so much a bail-out In the Tigers' lair Happy travels A balloon debate Reprints Related items India and Sri Lanka: Big brother is watching youOct 23rd 2008No wonder.

China was furious on the previous occasions, accusing the Taiwanese authorities of colluding with Tibetan "splittists".

Thus far China has seemed to believe its own propaganda, which claims that, bar a few "splittists", 23m Taiwanese compatriots are yearning for union with the motherland.