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...exile, regional leaders of the Tibetan diaspora and independence activists. They recommended that after three decades of following the so-called "Middle Way" of seeking autonomy within China, the movement should consider some new options if there is no progress in negotiations: stop sending envoys from the Dalai Lama to China, for example, or simply pursue full independence: "The Middle Way Approach, independence or self-determination, whatever is pursued in the Tibetan struggle, we shall not deviate from the path of non-violence to achieve our aims," the report said. (See pictures from the six decades of the Dalai Lama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dalai Lama Signals a Tougher Line on China | 11/23/2008 | See Source »

...That kind of language is almost certain to provoke a reaction from the Chinese government, which has escalated its criticism of the Dalai Lama in recent weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dalai Lama Signals a Tougher Line on China | 11/23/2008 | See Source »

...careful not to set out any specific course of action. When asked whether he would immediately stop sending envoys to China, the Dalai Lama said, "Wait another month and then we'll decide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dalai Lama Signals a Tougher Line on China | 11/23/2008 | See Source »

...does, to the Chinese people and explicitly compared himself to the student protesters of Tiananmen Square: "We are all equal in working for democracy." He was plain about his disappointment with their leaders: "My trust in the Chinese officials is becoming thinner and thinner." (See pictures of the Dalai Lama at home in Dharamsala...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dalai Lama Signals a Tougher Line on China | 11/23/2008 | See Source »

...year, according to Mingyur Youdon, deputy director of the reception center for new arrivals; since March, only 150 have come. That's a clear sign, she says, that the Chinese have tightened security at the border. At talks held in July, the first since the March protests, the Dalai Lama says he saw that negotiations with China had become untenable. "Their attitude was much hardened," he said. But his first priority in deciding whether to continue will be the welfare of the Tibetan people. "Our real boss is the Tibetan people inside Tibet," he said. (See pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dalai Lama Signals a Tougher Line on China | 11/23/2008 | See Source »

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