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Discussions began Monday in Dharamsala, India, among leaders of the Tibetan exile community on the future of their decades old - and so far utterly fruitless - attempts to get Beijing to give the region some form of self-rule. The six-day talks, called by the exiled spiritual leader the Dalai...
There have now been eight rounds of talks between the Dalai Lama's representatives and Beijing officials on what avenues might be pursued in reducing the yawning gap between the two sides. The most recent round ended in Beijing on Nov. 5 in total failure. The Tibetans said they had...
All this begs the question, then, of what the Dalai Lama hopes to achieve with this week's congress in Dharamsala, which continues until Saturday and which he won't attend until its close. Tibetologists and other analysts say there is a danger that the radical faction among the exiles...
Having made all possible attempts to negotiate with Beijing and failed, the Dalai Lama and his supporters need an open reaffirmation of his "Middle Way" policies to keep the exile community united in and out of China. But there are also deeper, more long-term motives lying behind the decision...
BEIJING In the landmark Oriental Plaza, Burberry's attaché ($1,795) flies off the shelves