US Deputy Assistant Secretary: US does not support ´Tibetan independence´

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Source: CCTV.com | 03-18-2009 12:03

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US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State John Norris has reaffirmed that Tibet is part of China and the United States does not support "Tibetan independence." He made the remark while meeting with a delegation from China's National People's Congress on Monday. The members of the delegation are all Tibetan NPC deputies.

Living Buddha Shingtsa Tenzinchodrak, a deputy to the NPC,  makes a toast at a banquet in Washington yesterday. [Xinhua]

The five-member delegation was led by Shingtsa Tenzinchodrak, a living Buddha. He's also vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region.