21. May 2009
Dalai Lama envoy reaching out to Chinese people
(Reuters) Envoys of the Dalai Lama are seeking to reach out directly to the Chinese people after talks on Tibet between Beijing and the Dharamsala reached deadlock, Kelsang Gyaltsen, one of the Dalai Lama's envoy, told a news conference in Tokyo. "Unfortunately, so far, there has been no signal from Beijing that they are ready to resume the dialogue", he said. "While we remain ready to engage in serious discussions with the Chinese government (...) we will intensify our approach in reaching out to the Chinese people". They are trying to form Sino-Tibetan friendship associations as well as publishing more in the Chinese language on Tibetan culture and religion, Gyaltsen said, adding they have no direct way of sending such material to China.