US House passes China-Tibet dispute bill

A law that would bolster US attempts to pressure China to engage in talks with Tibetan authorities in order to end the long-running Tibet-China conflict was passed by the House of Representatives. The bipartisan "Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act," sometimes referred to as the "Resolve Tibet Act," seeks to put pressure on the Chinese government to pick up the talks that have been on hold since 2010 with the envoys of the Dalai Lama or the democratically elected leaders of the Tibetan people. It was introduced by Congressmen Jim McGovern and Michael McCaul, and it gives the…