Tibetan exiles fail to reach homeland solution

21/11/2008 22:54:47

Tibetan exiles meeting in northern India have failed to find a viable alternative to what is described as the Dalai Lama's "Middle Way" approach to China.

Hundreds of Tibetans have been meeting this week in Dharamsala, the headquarters of Tibet's government-in-exile, to look for a way forward after eight rounds of official talks on autonomy with Beijing failed to make any progress.

Frustrated at the lack of progress, many younger Tibetans say they want to replace the "Middle Way" with demands for outright independence.

Some groups at the meeting want to give China two years to resolve the Tibetan issue or face more radical protests.

But an overwhelming majority say they want to stick to the Dalai Lama's non-violent path.

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