Privately, Bush Presses China Over Crackdown on Tibet

President Bush is avoiding public statements on the intensifying Chinese crackdown on Tibet, relying instead on private messages to the Chinese leadership, pressing Beijing to show restraint, allow U.S. observers into Tibet and have open trials of people arrested, administration officials said.
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Glenn Kessler and Michael Abramowitz

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