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http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Specials/20071026/dalai_lama_071026/6 ~" q& K( k5 I
骚客可以看看。前总理马丁2004年就招待达赖了。
4 i# T) H: d3 E4 i/ z) h( H/ t( ~October's visit will be the Dalai Lama's sixth trip to Canada and his third to Ottawa since he began travelling to the West in the 1970s:7 o5 T& r0 Z, [
8 M% Y4 p; H# I% y * The Dalai Lama first visited Canada in 1980 and was met by then-governor general Ed Schreyer.
8 J% F, R' A2 [) S * In 1990, he visited Ottawa for the first time and met former secretary of state for multiculturalism Gerry Weiner on the government's behalf.; T8 k3 P/ [9 Q( J8 C: d/ n
* The Dalai Lama's 1990 visit prompted an amendment to Sino-Canadian diplomatic policy, which was officially established in 1970. Canada continued to recognize the People's Republic of China as the official government but would take no position on territorial claims.% C* Q* r, _; y
* In 2004, former prime minister Paul Martin courted controversy by becoming the first Canadian leader to meet the Dalai Lama. The one-hour talk on human rights took place at the home of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ottawa. Martin's predecessor, Jean Chrtien, refused such a meeting.
2 {/ ?/ W" s8 b4 M1 H: H. e * The Dalai Lama was personally recognized when he last visited Canada in 2006 and received an honorary Canadian citizenship -- a measure protested by Chinese officials. He joins Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg, Nelson Mandela and, most recently, Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi in receiving the honour. |
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