During Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to the U.S., he accepted an interview with CNN—America’s Cable News Network, in which he discussed the issue of Tibet.  A legislative member of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile Kelsang Gyaltsen said that Wen Jiabao’s comments contained nothing new. 

Independent Beijing-based scholar Wan Lixiong, who has written a number of books about Tibet, said that there are some indications that China’s high level leadership has been reduced to empty talk concerning Tibet, due to the resistance of cadres to the implementation of certain specific policies.