Dalai Lama is 'political monk':
Li Zhaoxing said ``Some foreign politicians said the Dalai Lama is a religious figure, but in fact he is a political exile.
The Dalai Lama said Thursday that he will give up his political role in the Tibetan government-in-exile and shift some power to an elected representative, as the 76-year-old Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader struggles with growing worries about who will succeed him when he dies.