The Dalai Lama’s meeting with U.S...

On the eve of this meeting, President Barack Obama had to attend to the least interesting part of the visit: officially receiving the Dalai Lama and exchanging pleasantries with him for an hour. Both men declared for the umpteenth time that Tibet is part of China (does anyone doubt that?), voiced their support for the preservation of Tibet’s unique identity (who would object to this?), and so on and so forth. Everything followed protocol. This was not the Dalai Lama’s first visit to the White House

It was clear that Tibet would not cause a serious rift between the United States and China, although many people - especially in the United States - waited with bated breath to see if the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz would be allowed to enter the Fragrant Harbour, i.e. Hong Kong, on the day of Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama. In the past the Chinese authorities have prohibited American ships from entering their ports to express disapproval. This time it was an

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