New China-Tibet debate shows slight policy shift
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – New talks with the Dalai Lama’s envoys are highlighting subtle shifts in China’s approach to its restive, riot-scarred western regions of Tibet and –injiang.
New China-Tibet talks prompt speculation on shift
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Envoys of the Dalai Lama were due in Beijing on Friday ahead of new talks over the status of the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader.
Course Correction
Newsweek reports on Beijing’s new approach toward Tibet, almost two years after deadly riots engulfed Lhasa:
“…Though local riots looked bad in the press, they never really threatened control of Tibet. And the Dalai Lama has consiste…
Dalai Lama envoys hope to revisit autonomy plan
Representatives of the Dalai Lama in their first talks with Chinese officials in 15 months are hoping Beijing will reconsider a proposal for greater autonomy for Tibet, the Himalayan region’s self-proclaimed government-in-exile said Wednesday.
China, Dalai Lama’s envoys no sign of compromise
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Emissaries for the exiled Dalai Lama and China showed little public sign of compromise as they prepared Wednesday for their first talks in more than a year on restive Chinese-ruled Tibet.
China to begin fresh Tibet discussions
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Envoys of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, have arrived in China after a lengthy hiatus to resume talks on the political status of the troubled Himalayan region, officials said yesterday.
China urges Dalai Lama to ‘cherish’ talks
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – China urged the Dalai Lama yesterday to “cherish” the opportunity of fresh talks with Beijing on the political status of Tibet as the spiritual leader’s envoys arrived for the discussions.
Dalai Lama’s envoys rejoin Tibet talks in Beijing
Tibetan government-in-exile sends five officials to China for ninth round of negotiationsThe Dalai Lama’s envoys will arrive in Beijing tomorrow for their first discussions with the Chinese authorities in 15 months, his office has announced.The meetings will be the ninth round of the on-off talks, which have yielded little result since they began in 2002. [...]
China Worried Dalai Lama Might Seek Indian Citizenship
From the Times of India:
The state-run China Tibet Information Centre has said that the Dalai Lama’s recent statement describing himself as “son of India” show he has become subservient to his “Indian masters” while trying…
China to Seek Stability in Tibet via Development
The New York Times reports:
President Hu Jintao and other leaders at a Tibet planning conference decided that “more efforts must be made to greatly improve living standards of the people in Tibet, as well as ethnic unity and stability,” the Xinhua…