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China should listen to the Dalai Lama's pledge that he is not seeking independence for Tibet, a spokesman for the Tibetan government in exile said.

Human Rights groups Friday accused China of using political prisoners as pawns, and warned that the release of Uighur dissident Rebiya Kadeer should not be seen as an improvement in the situation for human rights in the country.

The Tibetan Women's Peace March entered its second week today since its initiation on March 12. The Peace March was flagged off from four different regions in India.

Dismissing recent tensions, the Chinese Foreign Minister, Li Zhaoxing, has said EU-China relations "are in good shape".

Chinese ambassador to Nepal, Sun Heping, has said being a close neighbour China is worried about anti-government rebellion in Nepal.

Ahead of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's first visit to India, the two countries have finalised key agreements on water resources, including sharing of flood data on the Sutlej River as well as on the 'Parechu issue', official sources said here today.

Ngawang Sangdrol, one of the fourteen singing nun reached Dahramsala this morning. This is her first visit to Dharamsala, India after her release on 12 October 2002. She was received by DIIR and Gu Chu Sum.

The United States failed to take a principled stance when it decided against tabling a resolution at the U.N. Commission on Human Rights criticizing China's poor human rights record, Human Rights Watch said today.

Canada's Nortel Networks Corp has been selected by China to provide a digital wireless network for a railway that will eventually form a link to remote and mountainous Tibet, the company said.

The U.S. government has decided against proposing a U.N. resolution critical of China's human rights policy, officials said Thursday.