There is no need now to excessively talk about the issues related to the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, Padma Choling, chairman of the Tibet autonomous regional government said here Sunday.

China said Sunday there is great hope to restart the stalled six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue as long as relevant sides keep in contact, maintain patience and stick to the denuclearization objective.

China has sentenced 198 people involved in 97 cases in connection with a deadly riot eight months ago in the northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a senior local official said Sunday.

The total investment injected into social undertakings by the central government since the fourth quarter of 2008 amounted to 55.58 billion yuan ($8.14 billion), supporting approximately 50,000 projects.

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Sunday African countries' inclinations and freedom of choosing cooperative partners and friends should be respected.

The Dalai Lama is the mastermind of a separatist group and the very source of instability of Tibet, said Padma Choling, chairman of the Tibet autonomous regional government here Sunday.

The 11th Panchen Lama, Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, is deeply loved and supported by people of all ethnic groups in Tibet, Padma Choling, chairman of the Tibet autonomous regional government said Sunday.

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Sunday that the Shanghai World Expo will be a diplomacy priority for the year as nearly 100 foreign leaders are expected to visit Shanghai.

Africa's oil exports to China accounted for only 13 percent of its total oil exports, lower than the amounts exported to Europe and the US, which both surpassed 30 percent.

Qiangba Puncog, chairman of the Standing Committee of Tibet Autonomous Regional People's Congress, said tourists, journalists and government officials are all welcome to Tibet in Beijing Sunday.
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