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Former US House Speaker Nancy Peolsi, who is part of a US lawmakers who met the Dalai Lama in India on Wednesday, launched a scathing attack at Xi Jinping and said that while the legacy of the Tibetan spiritual leader will live forever, the Chinese President will be gone in a few years. Pelosi, who is on a two-day visit to India, said "no one will give credit" Xi for anything.

"His Holiness Dalai Lama, with his message of knowledge, tradition, compassion, purity of soul and love, will live a long time and his legacy will live forever. But you, the President of China, you'll be gone and nobody will give you credit for anything," said the former US House Speaker.

Pelosi also mentioned that Dalai Lama would not approve of her comment against the Chinese and stated that when she criticises the Chinese government, Dalai Lama says, "let's pray for Nancy to rid her of her negative attitudes".

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When the bipartisan congressional delegation landed in India on Tuesday, representatives of the Central Tibetan Administration representatives received them at the Kangra Airport in Himachal Pradesh.

This comes a week after the US Congress passed a bill urging Beijing to re-engage with the Dalai Lama and other Tibetan leaders to peacefully resolve their dispute over the status and governance of Tibet.

"You heard our colleagues talk about this legislation that was passed last week. We had been fighting this for a long time and in the spirituality of His Holiness, with manoeuvring inside the Congress, we made progress. But it's different now with the passage of this bill (Resolve Tibet Act) because this bill is a message to the Chinese Government that we have clarity in our thinking and our understanding of this issue of the freedom of Tibet," Pelosi said.

Pelosi further recalled the visit of the Chinese President to Washington, DC where she told him that the US is "objecting" to what China is doing to the culture of Tibet.

Xi's Response To Nancy Peolsi's Remark

Responding to Peolsi, Xi said, "You know what you're talking about, you should go there and see for yourself all the improvements that China is making in Tibet."

"They are trying to erase the culture by reducing the use of the language. They are trying something that we cannot let them get away with. I'll be gracious to the Chinese people, I don't know that they're up to this, but we do know that the Chinese government is, and we do know that they must get the message. This legislation sends the message, the House and the Senate and soon to be signed by Joe Biden, the president of the United States..." the former US House Speaker added.

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