According to China’s Xinhua News Agency (who also have an English language page), Chinese government officials are willing to meet representatives of the Dalai Lama in the coming days. Earlier this week, Tibet’s spiritual leader renewed his appeal for talks between Beijing’s authorities and his Tibetan envoys (read the Dalai Lama’s letter on his homepage). China will agree to hold discussions, under the condition that Tibet makes a convincing effort to end violence and protest. The announcement from Beijing called on Dalai Lama supporters to “stop inciting violence…and stop sabotaging the Beijing Olympic Games.”
A summit would be the first meeting held by members of both factions since violent demonstrations began in Tibet in March. Western observers have claimed that Beijing officials may use the talks simply to give the impression of being willing to engage in dialogue, in order to pacify critics and buy time. The Dalai Lama’s envoys are likely to use the opportunity to voice their concerns over China’s handling of the protests and put forward a proposal to bring peace to the region. However, China will not acknowledge talks as official negotiations.
marcowoldt
Yes the Chinese goverment is ready to talk ? but about what ? about how to keep the tension low so we can have perfect olympics so the media have nice images ? or about bringing the Dalai Lama back from the exile . I am indeed against any kind of violence , so i dont support in any way the reactions from Tibet . It can only lead to chaos . But when China says that is ready to talk is good to say about what . And also be ready to take major steps to solve the problem .