China's push to develop Tibet harming the region's people, environment, report says

China's push to develop Tibet is leaving Tibetans behind and threatening the fragile environment of the plateau, the source of rivers that feed hundreds of millions of people in Asia, Tibet's government-in-exile said in a report released Monday.

The report said the solution was the same as the problem _ Beijing should stop dictating the future of the region and give Tibetans a say in how the plateau is developed.

"Many past mistakes can avoid being repeated if Tibetans are treated as equal partners," the report said, echoing demands by the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, that China give the region full autonomy.

Despite the …