In lieu of his Emory visit this weekend, his holiness the Dalai Lama is stopping by Capitol Hill to accept the nation’s highest honor: the Congressional Medal of Honor. As could have been predicted, China is ticked off. China has seen the Dalai Lama as a separatist since he went into exile in 1951 with China’s bloody invasion of Tibet.

A CNN article quotes the Communist Party’s secretary in Tibet saying “He is a person who has tried to split the motherland, who lacks love for his home country,”. Oh China, you sure know how to sweet talk the rest of the civilized world with your nonsensical mandated patriotism. Certainly the Dalai Lama should love the country that destroyed his homeland and makes constant attacks on what’s left of Tibetan culture. That makes complete sense.

China, you may make a lot of money exporting lead to our kids, but your wealth can’t hide the fact that you are still operating under the same harsh, dynastic rules of 2,000 years ago with a Communist facade.

Welcome back to Atlanta Dalai Lama. Click here to view a list of events taking place across the next few days in celebration of the Dalai Lama’s Emory/Atlanta visit.

The Dalai Lama’s public talk will take place downtown at Centennial Olympic Park on Monday Oct. 22nd. Gates open at 1pm, music begins at 3p and his talk takes place at 4:45p. No tickets are required so expect a packed house and get there early!