Dalai Lama says China can learn a lot from Taiwan

Relations between Beijing and Taipei 'delicate,' spiritual leader says

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Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama speaks from his home in India during an online press conference on Wednesday. (Screenshot from FCCJ Youtube)

ANDREW SHARP, Nikkei Asia deputy politics and economics editor

TOKYO -- The Dalai Lama said that China can learn a lot from Taiwan and described relations between Beijing and Taipei as "delicate."

Speaking in a sometimes rambling online press conference to the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, the Buddhist monk mostly discussed spiritual matters but was steered by questions into political affairs.

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