Are there any new progress in the contact between the Central Government and Dalais personal representative?
About the contact and consultation between the Central Government and the Dalai side, competent authorities will release information in due course. Q: Dalai has reportedly said that his efforts of seeking “autonomy” in Tibet had failed, and that he doubted whether there could be any breakthrough on this issue during the current talk. How do you respond? A: The Central Government’s position towards Dalai is consistent and clear. We hope he can understand the reality, change his position and renounce his separatist proposition with concrete actions so as to do something good for Tibet during his lifetime. Q: How do you view the prospect that the US could have its first African American President? A: It is up to the people in the US to decide who should become the next US President. Here, I’d like to stress that a healthy and stable China-US constructive relationship of cooperation is not only in the fundamental interest of the two countries and two peoples, but also beneficial for world