CHINA FUMES AFTER U.S. GREETS TIBET’S NEW PRESIDENT

In a move that is bound to anger China, the United States on Saturday congratulated Penpa Tsering who has been elected as the new President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA)—popularly known as the Tibetan Government-in-Exile— based at Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh. Mr. Tsering will succeed the current CTA President Lobsang Sangay.

US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price tweeted, “The US Tsering on his election as the next CTA ‘Sikyong’ (President in the Tibetan language). WQe look forward to working with him and the CTA to support the global Tibetan Diaspora.”

According reports, thousands maskwearing Tibetan refugees in India and other countries had turned out to vote amid strict Covid precautions for the election of the CTA President and members of the 17th Tibetan Pariament-inexile on April 11. to of