Dharamsala (PTI): The Dalai Lama's envoys on Sunday said China had rejected his latest proposal on autonomy as over 500 prominent Tibetan exiles descended here for a "special" conclave beginning tomorrow amid tight security to decide the future course of Tibetan movement in the face of Beijing's "intransigence".

"China rejected our demand saying that two systems cannot work in one country," envoys Lodi Kesang Gyari and Kalsang Gyalsan, who held the eighth round of talks with Chinese officials early this month, said on the eve of the week-long meeting in Dharamshala, the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile.

The envoys said that China called the Dalai Lama "as separatist and even did not consider our memorandum, saying it was an agenda of independence. We are deeply disappointed about the adamant style and attitude of Chinese counterpart about the talks."

China said Thursday that the meeting of Tibetan exiles, the first after 1959, would "get nowhere" and asserted that the participants did not represent the views of most Tibetans. It also warned India against allowing "separatist activities" on its soil.

In recent days, the 73-year-old Dalai Lama, who arrived here on Saturday, said he had "given up" on the talks with Beijing and complained that even after pursuing his middle-way policy of seeking "real and meaningful" autonomy, there hasn't been any positive response from the Chinese side.

"Anything can happen in the meeting," said Young Do, General Secretary of Tibetan Democratic Party, Tibet's only political party. "The efforts so far were from our side only, the one side approach. So now a new result can come up".

Superintendent of Police, Kangra, Atul Phuljhule said additional security forces have been deployed for the meet.

"We have deployed police personnel in plainclothes. Security has been beefed up as the Tibetans too had approached us," he said.