Officials with Lhasa’s municipal government described the city as calm on Sunday and confirmed they were sending text messages to residents telling them not to “believe or pass on rumours of unrest.”
China’s Premier Wen Jiabao told Hong Kong media in Laos on Sunday that Lhasa was “basically stable” and that “social order has returned to normal.” Wen reiterated China’s position that it was open to talks with the Dalai Lama if he gives up his desire for independence, and acknowledges that Tibet and Taiwan are inseparable from China.
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