World-renowned scientists and the US State Department have warned the Chinese government after it attempted to intervene to stop the Dalai Lama from speaking at a gathering of Nobel laureates earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 100 Nobel Prize winners signed a letter on 28 July saying that in late March and early April, the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC called a senior official of the US National Academy of Sciences\u2014cosponsor of the Nobel Prize Summit in April alongside the Nobel Foundation\u2014and insisted they disinvite both the Dalai Lama and Taiwanese scientist Yuan T. Lee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On 25 April, the embassy emailed the academy, again demanding that the Dalai Lama and Lee not speak at the first-of-its-kind summit, which focused on climate change and sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After those demands went unheeded, the summit was hit with a presumed cyberattack during its first virtual session on 26 April \u2014 followed by another cyberattack that disrupted the entire platform on 27 April, the day of the Dalai Lama\u2019s virtual remarks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis Nobel Prize Summit issue is another example of the Chinese government telling the world, \u2018Do as I say, not as I do,\u2019\u201d<\/em> the International Campaign for Tibet said. \u201cChina loves to claim that any criticism of its oppression in Tibet is \u2018foreign interference,\u2019 but that doesn\u2019t stop the Chinese government from interfering in the interaction that governments, organizations and individuals have with the Dalai Lama.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Dalai Lama has always considered the interests of humanity, including Chinese and Tibetans, and if Chinese officials simply meet with him themselves, they can see the man of peace that he really is.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ICT added that China\u2019s attempts to stop the Dalai Lama from speaking at the summit were even more absurd given the unifying, peaceful message the Tibetan Buddhist leader delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In his video remarks to the summit, the Dalai Lama said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe should pay more attention about ecology and preserve water resources. We really need a concept of oneness of 7 billion human beings. We all live on one planet. Our basic way of life is the same. So according to that reality, no longer emphasis on my nation, my country. Now we should think more of humanity.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The Dalai Lama added that Buddhism\u2019s emphasis on logic complements modern science, and he suggested the best way to achieve happiness is \u201cto think about the well-being of humanity on this planet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nDalai Lama summit message<\/h4>\n\n\n\n