HHDalal Lama is to this day persecuted by the communist regime in Beijing. Not content with overrunning the Tibet, destroying the delicate envionmental balance once enjoye by all Tibetans, the Chinese also think they can actually re-write history. Tibet, it's people, culture, language, food, dress, music and yes religioin, were NEVER a part of China much to China's chagrine...the world knows the truth and will not bend, even now, to the propganda of a bunch of wanna - bees ...aka China's idea of democracy is more akin to lets do business my way or the highway. What kind of business relationship is that? Not reality based for sure.
China needs to be a real grown up in the world today and stop kidding irtself that anyone is actually listening to their completet distortions of the truth! Stop killing innocent Tibetans and Chinese and enabling the Burmese crackdowns on monastics and those poor innocents in Darfur! Stop now!

Michele , The Woodlands, Texas, USA

when British people are about to talk about Tibet, think of the troubles, and then don't talk

nvc, Bath, Somerset

Dalai Lama is 99.99% a buddhist monk and 0.01% a politician. I have never seen him being angry towards the suppressive PRC. I admire his unbias and democratic stance towards the Tibetan issue with China although he is the exiled leader of Tibet. He deserves our support.

Lisa, Chorley, uk

As China deserves to hold Olympics,so does Tibet deserves Autonomy within China.Violence never solves a problem!

chander , Bethlehem, GA,USA

do you konw china???
have you went to china??
you should go to china !!!!

xu, Dongying,

I think the Dalai Lama is a very reasonable person for China to negotiate with. He is asking for autonomy and not independence unlike President Chen of Taiwan. For those who need to know, Tibet has a lot in common with China and has been part of China for hundreds of years. Please check out wikipedia or other reliable historical records and sources.

Yang, Shanghai, China

The Dalai Lama a wise spiritual man is right. These games provide the opportunity to improve the fate of the tibetans. Now the chinese are forced to partly accede to international demands for human rights. Without the games, the tibetans would be suppressed quietly with none of these artists & politicians saying anything. The latter misuse these games as a cheap way for publicity. Who benefits from a boycot of the Games? Only the politicians and activists with their own axe to grind. This completely neglects the rights of Athletes who have sacrificed 3 years of intensive training and competing just to get a medal for their sweat and tears.As the OC chairman Rogge says, this Olympics is about sports to gather all nations in a comradely spirit, it is not a UN political forum.

liang, the hague, holland

The unrest happened in Tibet is really a spot controled by The Dalai Lama, who betrayed his people and his homeland. The crash between the local people and police heavily affected the safety and the properties of Lhasa people. The Dalai Lama should as soon as possible stop what is going on in Lhasa . people all over the world should know the truth.2008 Olympics is a good chance for people from overseas to understand what chinese do, to understand the importance of unification,including taiwan. China, one of the world family wants to know the world and be known by the world all the time. All propagandas should say the truth and be responsible to their people.

George_fan, NanJing, China

Daily Yomiuri & Associated Press reports report the violent protests in Lhasa starting when an armoured vehicle was driven into a crowd near the Jokhang Temple, running people over. The information comes from an eye witness, phoned out to the Yomiuri Shimbun.

For years,Tibetans have suffered human rights abuses as extreme and horrific as any on the planet. Governments seduced by the mirage of vast profits to be made from Chinese markets have accepted the fiction of Chinese historical 'rights' over Tibet, despite history's unambiguous evidence of Tibetan independence. They have failed to condemn a regime which has practised enforced abortions at 8 months on Tibetan women and steal organs from Tibetan prisoners.
Confronted by a state which has never seen the need to listen to anyone, Tibetans rely on the refusal of world opinion to accept brutality as an inevitable fact of political life. If we don't make an effective stand it will become an inevitable fact of political life.

Graham Croft, London, UK

That's very generous of the Dalai Lama; and he has always tried not to be provocative. Beijng's clenched-fist rule in Tibet is an international atrocity, and no, I do NOT think Beijing deserves to host the Olyppics and take a place amongst other nations - as if its violent human rights record was of no consequence. Beijing has poured money into arts propaganda in Wrstern countries, with the international Olympics are incredible opportunity for Beijing to try to win respectability. However sending its performing troupes abroad and paying for performances in western Concert Halls is not going to alter the fact that China has committed atrocities in Tibet and has no historical or moral right to rule over a country with which it has nothing in common.

Very sad that the Indian government now considers Tibet to be an integral part of China. This, from the land of Mahatma Gandhi! And Western governments moan about human rights only when it suits them. Time to stand up and be counted.

Danny Friend, London, UK

I can not imagine the burden he bears. He is a fine representative and we can see his example as a fine one IMO.

Al, London,

His propaganda machine is in full swing.

Rob, Swansea, UK

The Dalai Lama is a world leader with credibility and dignity.

His goals may take time to achieve, but he will surely achieve them.

John Holland, Merida, Mexico

He does a fine job of representing his people, the difference between his tone and the shrill hysterical rhetoric than comes out of Beijing is striking.

Mike, Nottingham, UK

He is a clever person.

Harry, Sydney, Australia