Initiatives for China (IFC), an organisation set up in America to work towards the peaceful transition to democracy in China, has expressed support for HH the Dalai Lama’s invitation to the University of California San Diego later this month, and has urged Chinese students to stop protesting against the visit, accusing them of “parroting” the “party line”. IFC’s president Yang Jianli, said he is “deeply troubled” by the protests.