BEIJING: China turned its back Saturday on appeals for
dialogue with the Dalai Lama, vowing to smash anti-China forces in
Tibet, where it said the death toll in recent unrest had risen to
19. A day after Beijing launched a manhunt for monks and others it
blamed for unrest in Tibet, a defiant editorial in the People’s
Daily, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, said
opposition to Chinese rule in the Himalayan region must be wiped
out. -- AFP
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