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1. Here is the uncensored video. He does not actually put his tongue inside the boy's throat. He just sticks it out and pulls it back in. He was just joking with the boy. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p8xIUbUEuLY
2. Sticking one's tongue out is a traditional Tibetan greeting and not considered offensive.
https://cross-currents.berkeley.edu/e-journal/issue-13/Bernard/photo/tibetan-greeting
3. Regarding his earlier comment that women leaders should be attractive, he an 90 years old ffs and said it as joke. You can't expect him to be woke!
Yes, he should have acted with more caution but do NOT call him that which Chinese bot handles are calling him.
https://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/31/asia/mother-teresa-controversies/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Mother_Teresa
Here's an interesting breakdown and fuller footage at minute 15:
https://youtu.be/bT0qey5Ts78
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT0qey5Ts78&t=28s