China today dismissed the Dalai Lama's allegations of China training women agents to kill him. Chinese state-run media today accused him of playing an
"insidious trick" and plotting "more separatist acts" ahead of this year's Communist Party meeting to elect new leadership.

"If the central government wanted to eliminate the Dalai Lama, why has it waited for such a long time? Isn't it foolish to take action against Dalai at such an old age?" state-run Global Times daily said in its editorial titled 'Dalai assassination claims mind boggling'.

"Some believe he is playing an insidious trick. He could use his claims as an excuse for any diseases he has in the future. Even if he dies of a normal illness, the speculation would be that he was poisoned," it said. 

"This claim by the Dalai Lama has no credibility, not only because there is no benefit for Chinese agents to poison him, but also because of the fact that since the establishment of People's Republic China the country has never assassinated its political opponents in exile. China won't change its practice and principles for the Dalai," it said. 

Dalai Lama fears 'Chinese poison plot' to kill him'