China Cracks To Foreign Pressure, Meeting Soon With Dalai Lama’s Rep
Chinese officials will meet soon with a representative of the Dalai Lama, state-run Xinhua news agency reported Friday, in what would be the first known encounter since last month’s deadly unrest.
“In view of the requests repeatedly made by the Dalai side for resuming talks, the relevant department of the central government will have contact and consultation with Dalai’s private representative in the coming days,” Xinhua said, quoting an unidentified Chinese official.
China has come under intense foreign pressure to hold talks with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader since rioting erupted in the regional capital Lhasa last month and spread to other areas populated by Tibetans.
Beijing, which will host the Olympics Games in August, has so far resisted the pressure and accused the Dalai Lama of instigating the violence.
“It is hoped that through contact and consultation, the Dalai side will take credible moves to stop activities aimed at splitting China, stop plotting and inciting violence and stop disrupting and sabotaging the Beijing Olympic Games so as to create conditions for talks,” the official said.
China’s critics accuse Beijing of severe political and religious oppression since it took firm control of the region six decades ago, a charge it strongly denies.
The Dalai Lama fled the region in 1959 and went into exile in India after a failed uprising against Chinese rule.
(AFP)
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that’s great, but they had it through the unavoidable France : yeah, we are the “masters” of crisis and its diplomatic resolution : lots of noise for little
April 25th, 2008 at 1:56 amI’ll bet the Chinese stop this “dialogue” once the Olympics end.
Honestly, I have no respect for either side. The Chinese piss all over their own people and human rights (BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS), and the the Dalai Lama travels the world preaching “peace”, etc. while living in a country OTHER THAN TIBET. Don’t talk about peace when you’ve been booted out by the inept Chinese. That’s loser talk.
Maybe DL should preach “Peace through FIRE SUPERIORITY”
April 25th, 2008 at 7:04 amKBar I also think that the dialogue will only last one season… well Dalai Lama managed to be a greater star than “the Beatles” in 3 months… I wouldn’t bet on his “saintety” though, a clever politic
April 25th, 2008 at 12:25 pmHi franchie & KBar,
I found something very interesting posted @ http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4eecdc1c01009ciz.html. I thought maybe both of you will be interested to look at it. Never mind the articles, you probably will not be able to understand becasue it is written in Mandarin; But, do look at the photos/ pics pasted.It shows something refreshingly different from what we have been fed with all these days. A picture does tell a thousand words, doesn’t it ?……yes, it happened in Colgate, USA
April 25th, 2008 at 9:48 pmI found funny things about Menard, the “reporter without borders” :
As if that were not enough, the USAID has also received grants from National Endowment for Democracy (IRI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI), two other providers of RSF. It is not only for pleasure that Robert Menard maintains an office in New York, and has a signature accountant in Virginia, just a few minutes from Bunker of the CIA, in addition to a bank account to which North American he alone has access.”
http://www.mondialisation.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8703
“Taiwan has built up over the years into a real nest of anti-communism created and protected by the USA.
For the expert, “corruption is not only a practical foreign policy of this regime, but a legacy of China’s Chiang Kai-shek that efforts be made to preserve”.
Visibly pleased to confront as generous admirers, Menard praised the regime of Taiwan which he described as “best example of democracy in Asia”, reported Taiwan News, an official website of the Ministry ’s Information on the island.”
http://www.mondialisation.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8702
those riots : a vast manipulation !!!!!
April 26th, 2008 at 2:52 amso the riots, a vast manipulation ? and China is definitely a big economical issue, that needed such a pressure from whom, a question ?
in the “gobalisation world”, all the hits are permitted
April 26th, 2008 at 4:00 am