I am pretty convinced that this is just another sensationalist propaganda that the Chinese have written against the Dalai Lama, but what makes it interesting is that this article was written at 2008, at the height of the Dorje Shugden ban, as if the karma from all the nasty things they said against Dorje Shugden came back in the form of these ridiculous articles against them and we can say that there are people that will believe them, just like how people would be able to believe those rumors against Dorje Shugden and his practitioners. What CTA said against Dorje Shugden practitioners are coming back to them in this way. The whole idea of this article capitalizes on the mystery and lack of knowledge that surrounds tibetan Buddhism, just like how CTA capitalizes on the same thing to position themselves as the authority for Tibetan Buddhism to the Tibetan Buddhists.
If this is the case, then the method used is very efficient.
Indeed, instead of talking about Buddhas, Enlightened Beings, lineage, Dharma, Schisme, Noble Truths, etc... the article is talking about
black magic, which is a subject unfortunately MUCH MORE POPULAR than Dharma...
Most people, and especially so in countries like China, most people would read with great interest an article about black magic (*), the same cannot be said of an article about lineage or Dharma.
So to spread a story about the Dalai Lama using black magic will attract the attention it seeks.
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Most people are ready to believe in ghosts, but not in after-life. As well, most people are ready to believe in black magic, but not in the power of prayers. Interesting contradiction...