Dalai Lama's envoy details Tibetan proposals at China talks
Representatives of the Tibetan exile government met with Chinese officials over the weekend for the first time since 2006. The talks were prompted by the resurgence of violence in Tibet, which China has governed since the 1950s.
The March unrest marked the most widespread and sustained action against Beijing's rule in decades, focusing attention on accusations that China's policies in the region are eroding its traditional Buddhist culture and mainly benefit Chinese who moved there since its 1951 occupation by Communist troops.
China says 22 people died in violence in Tibet's capital of Lhasa, while overseas Tibet supporters say many times that number have been killed in protests and the ensuing security crackdown across Tibetan regions of western China.
"We made it clear that the events in Tibet are the inescapable consequences of wrong policies of the authorities toward the Tibetans," Gyari said in a statement released ahead of the news conference. "The recent crisis in Tibet is a clear symptom of deeply felt grievances and resentment of the Tibetans."
The talks were considered informal, and Gyari said the two sides were now trying to finalize dates for formal discussions.
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Posted By: getzel @ 05/03/2008 6:06:33 PM
Comment: No freedom of speech/religion for others: China VS. No freedom of speech/religion for others: Islam. My bet is on the weapons manufacturers.
They just so deserve each other; Hitchcock would love the irony.
Intelligence analyst: Getzel
Posted By: getzel @ 05/03/2008 6:05:47 PM
Comment: Hu han Tibet to China? Hu invite han over of land?
Why those whose ancestors lived in Tibet feel Red China inflicts shame and humiliation on that Tibet population?
Intelligence analyst: Getzel
Hello Dalai, well hello Dalai, it be nice to have Tibet in your hands where it belongs; your crowds are swelling Dalai, we can tell Dalai, you're still glowin', the chinese are crowin', the protest is going strong;
public opinion is swayin, and everybody is praying, the Chinese leave and it will be like way back then; So, give Hu the wrap fellas, get him off your back fellas, Dalai never go away, Dalai never go away, Dalai never go away again.
Posted By: chinese tibet @ 05/03/2008 8:57:34 AM
Comment: Oppose France, England, Germany, Japan ,USA???
Oppose CNN is not actual report to China!
CNN's Jack Cafferty is a ignorant garbage???
Sustain the Beijing Olympics!
Tibet is inviolable territory in China from time immemorial, China never relinquished control of Tibet.
Dalai Lama is Chinese splittist.
France, Germany, England, Japan, American people does not understand reality of Tibet!
Occidental news is inauthenticity for China.
China is amity, but China is unconquerable come from threaten for fremdness !
Please see the following Web address in the concerning the photo that true of China Tibet:
http://blog.ifeng.com/706796.html