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Since protests against China broke out among the Tibetans who make their home in exile here, India has urged the Dalai Lama to refrain from talking politics and assured Beijing that the Olympic torch will pass unmolested when it arrives here this month. That delicate stance has disappointed some. But it is just one leg of an emerging Indian approach to the world -- one part caution, one part competition, with a dash of mimicry sprinkled in -- that is ever mindful of the more powerful giant that has risen on its eastern flank. The Dalai Lama has gently chided India as ''overcautious.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BEIJING -- Rare handicrafts from a private museum in Hong Kong that were on display at the Forbidden City in Beijing were stolen on Sunday, forcing a shutdown of one part of the ancient palace, according to an article on Wednesday in the English-language edition of Global Times, a government-run newspaper in Beijing. The missing items date to the early 20th century and include jewelry boxes. They belong to Feng Yaohui, a Hong Kong collector, and were part of the Liangyicang private museum. The last attempted burglary at the Forbidden City took place in 1987, Global Times reported, citing a Web site administered by the Ministry of Public Security. At least 1,600 antitheft alarms, 3,700 smoke detectors and 3,700 cameras monitor the Forbidden City after it closes to the public at 5 p.m., Global Times reported, citing an article in Legal Mirror on May 1. The exhibition was scheduled to run from April 29 to June 27. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]