Chinese Officials Meet With Dalai Lama’s Representatives

DOI 05 May 2008

NYT (BEIJING) — In their first direct talks since the outbreak of violence in Tibet in March, Chinese officials met with representatives of the Dalai Lama on Sunday, although it was unclear whether there was any progress in easing tensions between Beijing and the exiled Tibetan leader. According to Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency, the daylong talks, in the southern city of Shenzhen, mostly involved finger-wagging and a warning that future dialogue would be fruitless unless the Dalai Lama ceased advocating Tibetan independence. They also urged him to stop “disrupting and sabotaging” the upcoming Olympic Games. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/world/asia/05tibet.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (Source Reliability: 8)