China: Dalai Lama must show he does not support Tibet

CHINA demanded that the Dalai Lama prove he does not support Tibetan independence and disruption of the Beijing Olympics during the latest round of talks with the spiritual leader’s representatives, state media reported yesterday.

The demands made by a top Chinese official in two days of meetings indicate there has been no apparent change in Beijing’s position toward the Dalai Lama, who is frequently demonised by the Communist leadership.

Beijing has accused the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and his supporters of fomenting anti-government protests that rocked Tibet and other Tibetan-inhabited areas of China in March.