Briefing Papers
An 'Historic Opportunity' - Dialogue between China and Tibet (October 18, 2005)
In September 2002, envoys of the Dalai Lama arrived in Beijing to take part in what has become the most serious round of Sino-Tibetan talks since the early 1990s. Since then, the Dalai Lama's representatives have undertaken four further trips to meet with Chinese officials from the United Front Work Department. In a formal statement following the third visit, which took place in September 2004, the Dalai Lama's Special Envoy Lodi Gyari described the meetings as 'the most extensive and serious exchange of views' between the parties to date. The Envoys' official statement after the latest round of talks in Berne, Switzerland, in July 2005, reported that the Chinese side conveyed the information that: 'The Central leadership of the Chinese Communist Party attached great importance to the contact with His Holiness the Dalai Lama'.
Chronology of Sino-Tibetan Relations, 1979 to 2005 (November 2, 2005)
Position Papers
The Right to Self-Determination - the Legal Cornerstone to Tibet's Future (October 23, 2002)
The legal case of Tibet rests on two distinct pillars. First, the right to territorial integrity and second the right to self-determination. Both of these rights, separately, give the Tibetan people the choice to determine their future political, economic, social and cultural status.
Background Information on Hu Jintao (April 18, 2002)
During his tenure as Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Hu Jintao established his credentials as a tough administrator of Beijing's control mechanisms in Tibet, including the use of deadly force against unarmed Tibetan protesters and the imposition of martial law in Lhasa.
Persecution of Buddhist Nuns in Tibet (April 17, 2002)
Chinese Population Influx Into Tibet (September 10, 2001)
Tibet's Stolen Child, the 11th Panchen Lama (September 10, 2001)
Tibetan Prisoners of Conscience (September 10, 2001)
Persecution of Religion in Tibet (September 10, 2001)
Nuclear Waste and Weapons on the Tibetan Plateau (September 10, 2001)
Bibliography on Current Conditions in Tibet (September 9, 2001)