BEIJING (Reuters) - China offered to pay compensation to the families of the civilians it says died in violence in the Tibetan capital this month, as Beijing kept up an intense propaganda campaign in the wake of the unrest.

Pressure grew from abroad for China to respect human rights in its response to continuing pockets of unrest over the past two weeks in Tibet and neighboring areas, with President George W. Bush calling on Chinese leaders to talk to representatives of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

The rash of anti-Chinese protests, and China’s response, have become a focus of global concern months before the Olympics. Beijing hopes the games that start in August will be a chance to showcase progress in the world’s fourth biggest economy.

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