Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 1:01am
Dalai Lama willing to go to Beijing
The Dalai Lama on Thursday said he is willing to go to Beijing if some concrete proposal comes from the Chinese Government. The exiled Tibetan leader said Chinese government policies were responsible for problems in Tibet and he has no moral authority to stop the restive Tibetans, ANI reported Thursday.
Tibetan exiles across the globe expressed their solidarity with Tibetans in China. The crackdown on the protests in Tibet and neighboring Chinese provinces sparked calls for a boycott of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.
China accused the Dalai Lama of orchestrating monk-led protests and rioting — the most serious in the Himalayan region for nearly 20 years — in a bid to wreck the August 8-24 Games. The spiritual leader denied masterminding the protests, which culminated last Friday with riots in Lhasa.
The exiled Tibetan Government claims that so far around 100 people have died in the clashes in Lhasa and other Tibetan cities. Beijing, however, says that only 13 "innocent civilians" have been killed in the violence.
Tibetan exiles across the globe expressed their solidarity with Tibetans in China. The crackdown on the protests in Tibet and neighboring Chinese provinces sparked calls for a boycott of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.
China accused the Dalai Lama of orchestrating monk-led protests and rioting — the most serious in the Himalayan region for nearly 20 years — in a bid to wreck the August 8-24 Games. The spiritual leader denied masterminding the protests, which culminated last Friday with riots in Lhasa.
The exiled Tibetan Government claims that so far around 100 people have died in the clashes in Lhasa and other Tibetan cities. Beijing, however, says that only 13 "innocent civilians" have been killed in the violence.