The representatives of the Dalai Lama and Chinese government, who recently met to deliberate upon the continuing unrest in Tibet, have announced to further talks on the issue. The recent Tibetan uprising following a Chinese crackdown has been so intense that it has relegated the approaching 2008 Olympics in Beijing to the backseat.

 

A very hush-hush meeting was held between the two parties on Sunday 4 May in the southern city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong. This happened to be the very first meeting between envoys of China and Dalai Lama, since riots broke out in Tibet and adjoining areas in March. The present Tibetan riot is being rated as the most intense the region has witnessed in the past two decades and the Chinese are holding the Dalai Lama responsible for it.

 

The Xinhua news agency confirmed this news stating that the ‘Chinese central government officials and the private representatives of the 14th Dalai Lama have agreed to hold another round of contact at an appropriate time’. The state media quoted Chinese representatives who attended the talks as saying that the ‘unrest’ had added new ‘obstacles’. This perhaps is indication enough that the connection between the two sides, which is already burdened with distrust, is likely to get more difficult.