Dalai Lama urges Tibet dialogue

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Source: BBC

Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has called on world leaders to press China to resume a dialogue on Tibet following the wave of violence there.

Earlier UK PM Gordon Brown said China's Premier Wen Jiabao had told him he was open to talks under certain conditions.

China continues to move large numbers of troops into Tibet.

Reports have emerged of protests in Chinese provinces bordering Tibet, including Tibetans tearing down a Chinese flag in Gansu province.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7305445.stm

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1. Tibetans continue to defy China crackdown

Source: CNN

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- New video from China suggests that security forces have yet to gain complete control of Tibet and neighboring provinces which have suffered eruptions of anti-Chinese violence since last week.

Film of a crowd -- some on horseback -- attempting to storm a government building has been shot by a Canadian television crew that managed to gain access to a Chinese town in Gansu province despite attempts by Chinese authorities to keep foreign media away from the region.

Meanwhile UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says he is ready to talk to the Dalai Lama if the Tibetan spiritual leader renounces violence and demands for Tibetan independence.

Brown said he spoke with Wen on Wednesday, pressing his government for constraint in dealing with the protesters.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/tibet.unrest/index.html