Article: Chinese ambassador to Nepal elaborates improvement in Tibetans' living conditions

Chinese ambassador to Nepal elaborates improvement in Tibetans' living conditions

KATHMANDU, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Zheng Xianglin, elaborated Monday the improvement in living conditions of Tibetans.

Addressing a press conference, Zheng said that about fifty years ago, the population of Tibet was some one million and the Tibetan people were living like slaves under serfdom. But now the population has reached nearly 2.3 million.

The ambassador accused "human rights" activists and some so- called "non-government organizations" (NGOs) of not knowing what human rights really are.

"It is not appropriate to measure human rights using same yardstick," he said, adding ...

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