Beijing, Oct 8 (ANI): Dalai Lama has decided to use Google's social network to host a Hangout session to celebrate Archbishop Tutu's 80th birthday after being denied a visa for South Africa.
He took the decision to address people through Google+ starting at 1:30 am PT on Saturday instead of going to South Africa, after the country failed to issue him a visa on time despite having kept his application paperwork for weeks, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Last week, China agreed to $2.5 billion in investment projects with South Africa during a visit by South African Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to Beijing.
Reports suggest that South African President Jacob Zuma's African National Congress (ANC) government had come under pressure from China not to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who Beijing sees as a dangerous separatist.
Tutu said the government's action was a national disgrace.
"I really can't believe it. The discourtesy is mind blowing," he added. (ANI)
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