From NPR:
With the Olympics in Beijing less than a month away, the global spotlight is on China. The host nation’s human rights record is under renewed scrutiny, particularly its response to recent unrest in Tibet.
Lodi Gyari is the special envoy of the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader.
As the Dalai Lama’s chief negotiator, Gyari has twice traveled to meet Communist Party officials in Beijing since this spring’s widespread protests in support of Tibet’s push for self-rule. Those protests, which centered on the Olympic torch’s trip to Beijing, also set off counter-demonstrations in China and elsewhere.
