The Chinese regard the tensions in Tibet as an internal problem and chafe at foreign support for the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader forced to flee Tibet when the 1959 uprising was crushed.

• 中国认为西藏事务是中国内政，对外国对达赖喇嘛的支持感到愤怒。1959年暴乱失败后，精神领袖达赖喇嘛被迫逃离西藏。