Dalai Lama: China Aims to Annihilate Buddhism – General

news.yahoo.com — The Dalai Lama lashed out at China on Wednesday, accusing it of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet and rebuffing all his efforts to reach a compromise over the disputed Himalayan region.

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