The eighth round of Tibet-China dialogue, forecast by many as a ?make or break? round in a prolonged series of talks between Tibetan and Chinese officials, has concluded with, at least publicly, no changes in the Chinese Government’s hardline and uncompromising stance on Tibet’s future.

In a public statement after the talks, Du Qinglin, director of the Communist Party’s United Work Front Department, said, “it is impossible for Tibet to become independent, semi-independent, or independent in a disguised form. The Dalai Lama should respect history, face reality, comply with the times and correct his political stance fundamentally.”

In his official statement, Special Envoy Kasur Lodi Gyari, Head of the Tibetan Delegation, said he would not be making statements about the talks before November’s emergency meeting of Tibetans in Dharamsala.

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