- China has rebuffed the growing international calls for dialogue and vowed to “smash Tibet independence forces”.
- The Dalai Lama has offered to meet Chinese President, Hu Jintao, but only if there is some “real concrete development”.
- US House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, offered her support at a meeting with the Dalai Lama and condemned Chinese oppression in Tibet.

Read analysis from Times Online reporter in Chengdu: Tibetan Revolt Has China’s Empire Fraying At The Edge

China Rejects Dialogue, Vows To Smash Tibetan Protests
Despite growing calls from the international community for dialogue and restraint, China continues its rackdown in Tibet and refuses to permit access to international media and independent investigators.

SMH: China Vows To Smash Tibetan Protests

Dalai Lama Offers To Meet Chinese President
The Dalai Lama has again spoken to journalists and clarified that he has long ago met China’s conditions for talks. He said that he was “always ready to meet Chinese leaders, particularly Hu Jintao” but unless the was “a real concrete development” in the Tibet situation. The Dalai Lama said taht he was unlikely to visit Beijing for peace talks, which he said would be likely to raise unrealistic expectations of a breakthrough.

The Dalai Lama’s spokesman later confirmed that while he did not wish to simply provide the Chinese with a photo-opportunity that could be used against him, he was ready to discuss a “mutually agreeable solution” to the issue of Tibet.

The Independent: Dalai Lama: ‘I am prepared to face China. I will go to Beijing’

Speaker Pelosi Offers Her Support
US House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, met the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala on Friday and called on the world to denounce China’s crackdown on protests in Tibet.

“If freedom-loving people throughout the world do not speak out against China’s oppression in Tibet, we have lost our moral authority to speak on behalf of human rights anywhere in the world,” said Pelosi. “The situation in Tibet is a challenge to the conscience of the world.”

The Age: US House Speaker Slams Chinese Oppression In Tibet