Tibet Talks Conclude With Little Progress

From Washington Post: Envoys for the Dalai Lama ended more than two days of talks with Chinese government officials Thursday with no immediate reports of substantive progress on easing tensions in Tibet, something the United States and other foreign governments had pushed for. A report on the talks in state-controlled media contained no concessions on the part of the Chinese in allowing more autonomy for Tibetans in the wake of widespread protests this spring against Chinese rule. Rather, the report repeated the conditions that the Tibetan spiritual leader would be required to meet before the Chinese would agree to new talks before the end of the year. Most significantly, he must prove that he does not support activities that would disturb next month’s Olympic Games in Beijing, and agree to “concretely curb” violent... [read full story]