China and Tibet Begin Talks
Filed Under Tibet, China | Posted on May 4, 2008
Tibetan envoys, Chinese officials hold talks in Shenzhen
Envoys of the exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama and Chinese officials began talks Sunday on the current crisis in Tibet, officials said. The talks, which are the first between the two sides since anti- China protests erupted in Tibet in March, were planned for at least the next two days, Tenzin Taklha, spokesman of the Dalai Lama said.
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On Friday last week, China had announced it would take up a dialogue with representatives of Tibet’s spiritual leader and said it was ready to talk about everything except sovereignty over Tibet.
But even after Beijing said it was reopening talks, the Chinese media have continued to attack the Dalai Lama saying he was the “master of rhetoric” and his attempt to “split the motherland” - Tibet from China - was “doomed to failure.”
Chinese president hopeful on Tibet talks
President Hu Jintao said he has hopes for a positive outcome between representatives of the Dalai Lama and Chinese officials at talks that began Sunday — the first since violent anti-government protests erupted in Tibet in March.
“I hope that the contacts with the Dalai Lama’s side from today will yield a positive outcome,” Hu told Japanese reporters in Beijing, the Kyodo News agency reported.
Samdhong Rinpoche, prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile based in Dharmsala, India, said the envoys have arrived in the southern city of Shenzhen and talks began Sunday morning. He said he didn’t know any other details.
The talks were scheduled to last for a day or two, he said.
“We are positive that something good will come out of it,” Samdhong Rinpoche told The Associated Press.
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