Condoleezza Rice says Dalai Lama is "no threat to China"

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
said she asked Chinese leaders on Sunday to "reach out"
to the Dalai Lama and said the exiled Tibetan leader is
"no threat to China."
Speaking at a news conference after meeting President Hu
Jintao and other leaders, Rice said she asked "that China
reach out to, in particular, the Dalai Lama, a man who is
for Tibet, a man of considerable authority, considerable
moral authority, but really is no threat to China."
Rice was in Beijing to discuss efforts to persuade North
Korea to relinquish its nuclear ambitions. The secretary of state
said she also talked with Chinese leaders about human
rights and religious freedom.
The Dalai Lama has lived in India since fleeing during a
failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959. He received
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.