Press Briefing of the Tibetan Envoys – Summarised Memorandum
During the seventh round of talks in Beijing on 1 and 2 July 2008, the Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the Minister of the
SFT UK protest Zhu Weiqun
Tibetans and supporters gave Zhu Weiqun, Vice-Minister of the United Front Work Department of China that oversees Sino-Tibetan talks, a noisy reception when he visited London on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. Tibetans and supporters later chanted slogans against Zhu and Chinese government at Chatham House at St James Square, London, where the visiting Chinese official took part in a ’round-table’ discussion on the failure of the Eighth round of talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama over Tibet. Zhu last week said no progress was made at the meeting held in Beijing, and further blamed the exiled Tibetan leader as being responsible for the failure of the talks. (Phayul/Photo: Luke Ward/SFT UK)
Tibetans protest as China takes part in economic summit
Hundreds of protesters, including Tibetans, rallied in Washington on Saturday as world leaders met for an emergency economic summit. Chinese President Hu Jintao was among the leaders of the big, rich and developing countries taking part in the financial summit of the Group of