Chinese President Hu Jintao expressed his views on the Taiwan and Tibet issues to his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush during talks over the telephone held Wednesday, a statement released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

A senior Australian diplomat will be allowed to visit Tibet tomorrow, as a part of a delegation granted access by the Chinese Government.

Leading Chinese experts on Tibet on Wednesday condemned the March 14 Lhasa violence and voiced their support for the government's efforts to restore law and order.

An international media delegation left Beijing for southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Wednesday morning following an unrest in the regional capital Lhasa.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is urging China to reconsider its policy toward Tibet, and to meet with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

The government of China has claimed that the Dalia Lama is cooperating with Islamic extremists as part of a plot to bring the country into crises before the Olympic Games, which are due to be half in Beijing this Summer. The official newspaper of the government of China claimed that "the Dalai Lama is scheming to take the Beijing Olympics hostage to force the Chinese government to make concessions to Tibet independence."

The current Tibet rebellion was launched by young monks in Lhasa in coordination with five groups of exiles in India. These groups are sponsored by the U.S. government via the National Endowment for Democracy and other 'western' institutions.

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, has vowed to step down from his position if things "get out of control" in Tibet, where violent demonstrations against China have killed anywhere from 13 to 100 people.

China expects the Indian government to handle Tibet issue in line with the agreements reached by two sides, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing Tuesday.

The Dalai Lama has on Sunday accused China of unleashing a "cultural genocide" in Tibet and demanded an impartial international probe into the situation in violence-hit Lhasa.

Fending off mounting global pressure, China on Monday said it had shown "maximum restraint" without using lethal force to quell the fiercest monks-led pro-independence protests in two decades in Tibetan capital Lhasa last week which claimed at least 13 lives.

A hundred Tibetan refugees have begun a march from India to Tibet to protest Chinese rule in their homeland. The march began as Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, said Tibet continues to witness increased repression and brutality under Chinese rule.