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Liu, 31-year-old philosophy student at Sichuan Institute of Social Science, was invited to visit the U.S. by PEN International, a worldwide association of writers, as a member of its Chinese branch

State news media said Hu left for home to address the unrest in northwestern China's Xinjiang region and would forgo the G-8 summit this week in the Italian city of L'Aquila

The Dalai Lama has met with Peter Slipper and the Sunshine Coast may be in for another visit from the Tibetan holy man

China has asked Madrid to take steps to ensure that a Spanish court drops its probe into a crackdown on unrest that erupted in Tibet against Chinese rule in March 2008, a court document showed Monday.

Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency, blamed what it called the “pre-meditated and organised violence” on exiled leaders of the Uighurs, the predominant Muslim people in the region

The challenge China faces as it attempts to regain control of its western-most Muslim region was underlined this morning when hundreds of angry Uighurs clashed yet again with riot police.

Hundreds of Tibetans gathered in the Nepalese capital to mark the Dalai Lama's 74th birthday on Monday, a day after the government said it would not tolerate anti-China activities on its soil

Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says it is entirely appropriate for an Australian parliamentary delegation to meet the Dalai Lama despite objections from China. Mr Smith said Australia had made strong calls for China to engage in dialogue with the Dalai Lama

A photograph published on the social networking website Twitter on July 6, 2009 shows what is purported to be Chinese policemen blocking protesters after a riot in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 5, 2009. China said a riot that shook the capital of the western Xinjiang region on Sunday killed 140 people and the government called the ethnic unrest a plot against its power, signalling a security crackdown. Picture taken July 5, 2009. REUTERS

Independent information about deadly riots in China's remote northwest filtered out on Twitter, YouTube and other Internet forums on Monday, frustrating government efforts to control the news