April 14, 2008
Dalai Lama says his aides are talking to China
Washington
The Dalai Lama said on a visit in the US that his representatives
and the Chinese were holding talks through private channels, media
reports said.
"Some efforts" were under way, the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader
said Sunday in Seattle after violent demonstrations against Chinese
rule and a Chinese crackdown occurred last month in Tibet and other
Tibetan-populated areas of China.
"Just a few days these are going on," the Dalai Lama said, adding,
they are "still in full mystery. I don't want any speculation".
While he gave no details about the talks, he said he was not
directly involved in them.
His comments came after Western leaders urged Beijing to hold talks
with the Dalai Lama, who was in Seattle for a conference on
compassion.
China's government, however, has accused the Nobel Peace Prize
winner of orchestrating the protests and violence and charged him
with being a separatist, both of which the Dalai Lama has denied and
refuted again Sunday.
He urged China to open Tibet to the media and public so they could
see what was actually going on there while charging the government
in Beijing with manipulating information and its people.
However, the 72-year-old added that President Hu Jintao's push for a
"harmonious society" showed the ruling Communist Party was "in a
state of transformation".
He reiterated his support for Beijing's hosting of the Olympic Games
in August while adding that China critics should be allowed to
protest peacefully during the Olympic torch relay. He also repeated
his threat to step down as head of the Tibetan government in exile
if violence in Tibet gets out of hand.
The Dalai Lama acknowledged that some Tibetans have criticised his
stance of seeking autonomy for Tibet within China, rather than full
independence. His critics charged it has produced nothing.
"Sooner or later, the Communist Party of China must accept reality
and act according to reality" toward Tibet, the Dalai Lama said.
He said that while he supported China's aim to become a superpower
and believed it deserved to become one, it lacked the crucial
element of "moral authority".
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