Tibet PM ready to make plea for independence

The prime minister of Tibet’s exiled government said today that leaders would push for Tibetan independence if a key meeting of exiles this week decides to drop the Dalai Lama’s measured path of compromise.

More than 500 Tibetan exile leaders held closed door discussions as part of a weeklong meeting, the first major re-evaluation of their strategy since the Dalai Lama in 1988 outlined his Nobel Peace Prize-winning “middle way,” which pushes for autonomy but not outright independence for the Himalayan region.