'Dalai's retirement will have little effect'
By Cui Jia | China Daily | Updated: 2011-05-20 07:59
BEIJING - Tibet's top government official said on Thursday that the Dalai Lama's retirement will only have a limited effect on the autonomous region while ruling out talks with the Dalai's "government-in-exile".
Padma Choling, chairman of the Tibet autonomous region, said the retirement of the 14th Dalai Lama will be like "a ripple in a swimming pool".
He said the regional government and Tibetans are confident and capable of maintaining social stability regardless of what the Dalai Lama says or does.
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