China and the Dalai Lama's envoys agreed to keep the door open on dialogue after holding talks here Sunday, state media said, although no breakthrough in ending the Tibet crisis was reported.
Chinese Communist Party cadres and envoys of the Dalai Lama held landmark talks yesterday on resolving the Tibetan crisis, even as the national media continued to condemn the exiled Buddhist leader, raising the question of whether the meeting was just a public relations stunt to soothe international concerns ahead of the Olympics.
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The Dalai Lama's representatives left China on Monday with a solid offer from Beijing for future talks, marking a small step toward expanding dialogue between the two sides following anti-government riots in Tibet.
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Rising global demand for bio-fuels also a culprit. US President George W Bush and his Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may have their numbers wrong when they accuse China and India of contributing to the global food crisis as a result of growing prosperity-led consumption.
China and the Dalai Lama's envoys have agreed to keep the door open on dialogue after holding talks, state media said, although no breakthrough in ending the Tibet crisis was reported.
China's state press on Monday accused the Dalai Lama of "monstrous crimes", keeping up its fiery rhetoric against the exiled spiritual Tibetan leader despite agreeing to maintain dialogue with him.
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