China stamps on Dalai Lama’s call for Tibetan autonomy (Guardian Unlimited)

The Chinese government will never accept the Dalai Lama’s calls for “high-level autonomy”, an official leading talks between the two parties said at a briefing yesterday. Tibetan support groups expressed alarm at the harshness of the remarks, which also included an accusation that the exiled spiritual leader was seeking “ethnic cleansing” across the region. A leading expert on Tibet warned …

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