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| | Buddhist Channel | News - Asia | Disputed Panchen Lama defends China on religion |
 | | Xi Jinping, party chief of Zhejiang province who lobbied to host the forum, pledged to respect religious freedom. |
 | | "We will, as always, comprehensively carry out policies on freedom of religious worship and support religion to make due contributions to promote a harmonious society," Xi said. |
 | | A photo exhibition is being held at the forum venue, but there were no pictures of either the Dalai Lama or from the chaotic 1966-76 Cultural Revolution when monasteries were closed, statues smashed, religious texts burned, and monks and nuns forced to return to secular life. |
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