China says it will meet Dalai Lama’s representative
China’s government agreed on Friday to a meeting with an envoy of exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, a step that follows weeks of calls from world leaders for dialogue in the wake of anti-government protests in Tibet.
“In view of the requests repeatedly made by the Dalai side for resuming talks, the relevant department of the central government will have contact and consultation with Dalai’s private representative in the coming days,” the official Xinhua News Agency said, quoting an unidentified official.
Most likely very little will come of this, but it is still a good sign. This concession by China, small though it is, will make others more possible in the future.
