US calls for substantive talks ‘without precondition’ on Tibet

In its annual report on Tibet negotiations submitted to the Congress earlier this month, the Obama administration has called for “substantive” dialogue “without preconditions” between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Beijing to resolve the long-standing Tibet issue.

China’s core interests

Have you heard of ‘Core Interests’? No, it has nothing to do with ‘organising’ the CWG, IPL auctions, mining in tribal areas or OBC vote banks, though it is true that in Indi