What the Epstein files reveal about power, secrecy, and the system

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  Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.

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  This is The Point.

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  Welcome to this edition of The Point, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.

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  I'm Li Xing.

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  Is the Grammys still about music?

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  Earlier this month, the Dalai Lama was awarded by the Grammys for his audiobook on medications.

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  In response, the political monk expressed gratitude, claiming the award was,

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  quote unquote, a recognition of our shared universal responsibility.

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  But China has voiced strong opposition, calling the award an act of political manipulation.

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  Now, for years,

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  Western elites have often taken advantage of popular cultural platforms to smear China.

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  Is the Grammys award to the Dalai Lama?

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  The latest manifestation of this?

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  Why did the Grammys award the Dalai Lama after he was mentioned 169 times in the Epstein files?

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  Why does the West still love the Dalai Lama despite his past controversies?

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  to shed light on this topic.

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  I'm pleased to be joined from Jilin, North-East in China by David Ferguson,

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  honorary chief English editor of Foreign Languages Press.

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  From Beijing, by Xiao Jie Research Fellow at the China Tibetology Research Center.

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  From Shanghai, Professor Joseph Mahoney at East China Normal University and here in the studio,

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