Mr Jia Qinglin is a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. His "goodwill visit" to London has been over shadowed by Tibetan protesters using non violent direct action and demonstrating at his hotel by shouting "Free Tibet", "China out of Tibet" and slogans related to the cold blooded killing last month of Tibetan escapees at the Tibet - Nepal border.
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Tibet supporters gathered at 11:30 GMT at Royal Garden Hotel in London , ready for the arrival of the guest of honour of the China - Britain Business Council. In the midst of protest two coach loads of Chinese supporters arrived, as if from nowhere and tried to storm into the Tibetan protesters, who had earlier been cordoned-off into a crowd control enclosure by the police. The protest was organised jointly by Tibet Society of UK, Tibetan Youths in UK , Students for a Free Tibet and the Tibetan Community in Britain.