11.  In Beijing, U.S. Ambassador Joseph Prueher said diplomats were waiting for a Chinese response to a request to see them twice a day.

12.  State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the Chinese response came as no surprise.

13.  The government-in-exile has since said that there has been no Chinese response to the offer, and that the dialogue has effectively been stalled.

14.  The most likely Chinese response would be to sever cooperation with Washington on curbing the spread of missiles and other weapons technology, Cheng said.

15.  U.S. Ambassador Joseph Prueher said diplomats were waiting for a Chinese response to a request to see them twice a day.

16.  The restrained Chinese response reinforced the view that the amount was small and the action was mainly symbolic.

17.  So far there has been no official Chinese response to the plan.