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Stage set for China-Dalai envoy talks

	May 05, 2008

After China’s offer last week to hold talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama which came after international criticism of Beijing’s handling of Lhasa rioters, the stage is set for the first round of talks. The Dalai Lama’s envoys, Lody Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen, arrived in Hong Kong to hold meetings with Chinese officials in Shenzhen on May 4. The Tibetan Government-in-exile based in Himachal Pradesh said in a statement on May 3 that the Dalai Lama’s representatives would convey “dee ...