Beijing issues Tibet report
26 September 2008
A Chinese government report released on Thursday praises Beijing's efforts in Tibet while harshly criticizing the Dalai Lama, AP reported. The report, issued about a month before an expected third round of talks between Beijing and representatives of the Dalai Lama, highlighted Beijing's investment in the region and accused the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader of spreading false rumors. "The 14th Dalai Lama and his clique's clamor for 'cultural autonomy of Tibet' is essentially a political conspiracy to restore theocratic rule over the culture of Tibet and other Tibetan-inhabited regions, and thus realize the 'independence of Greater Tibet,'" it said. The self-proclaimed Tibetan government-in-exile dismissed Beijing's claims.