Dalai Lama issue not religious or ethnic

The Dalai Lama issue is not a religious or ethnic issue, but one concerning China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, said Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Wednesday.

"More and more European countries have realized this," Yang said while evaluating the Sino-European relations.

Germany openly recognized recently that Tibet is an inalienable part of China, and said it would not support any attempt of the Dalai Lama to seek "Tibet independence," Yang said.

More and more countries have realized that the Dalai Lama's conspiracy to split Tibet from China and his secessionist attempt is doomed to fail, he said.

China to handle USS Kitty Hawk's intended visit to HK according to procedures

China has not received any application of the USS Kitty Hawk's intended visit to Hong Kong, said Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Wednesday.

"We haven't received any application of the USS Kitty Hawk visit to Hong Hong, if such an application received, we will review with the principle of sovereignty and according to our procedures."