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China denounces U.S. Congress for hosting Tibet's leader-in-exile

FILE PHOTO: Penpa Tsering, president-elect of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), speaks during a video interview with Reuters, in Dharamshala, India May 21, 2021, in this screen grab taken from a video. Reuters TV via REUTERS/File Photo

China accused the U.S. Congress of interfering in its internal affairs on Wednesday by virtually hosting the head of an India-based organization known as Tibet's government-in-exile to speak at a hearing earlier this week.

Penpa Tsering, known as the Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), spoke to the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China via video link on Tuesday and said Tibet was dying a "slow death" under Chinese rule.

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