Tibetan leader urges Trump to confront China on rights

NEW DELHI:

The head of the Tibetan government-in-exile said yesterday he was encouraged by US President-elect Donald Trump’s tough stand on China and urged him to ditch backdoor diplomacy on furthering the Tibetan cause and be more confrontational. The United States and its European allies have sought to engage China over allegations of repression since Washington reached out to Beijing back in the 1970s, effectively driving the Tibetan issue out of public forums, Lobsang Sangay said. — Reuters