China considering a visit by Dalai Lama
China is willing to consider allowing the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader to visit the country for the first time since 1959 but if he sincerely abandons his pursuit for 'independence', a senior Chinese official has said.
"The fundamental policy of China on the question of Dalai Lama is that we demand he acknowledge that Tibet and Taiwan are part of China and seriously and sincerely abandon his pursuit of 'Tibet independence'. Then we can discuss his personal future," Liu Jianchao, spokesman, Chinese foreign ministry.
"The door (for negotiations) remains open," Liu, also the newly appointed director general of the ministry's information department told PTI when asked about reports that the Dalai Lama has expressed a wish to visit China.
Is China evolving... I truly hope so, a bazillion values are at stake!
