China on Tuesday accused the Dalai Lama of trying to “create chaos” in Tibet, on the eve of the sensitive anniversary of a failed uprising against the Chinese rule that drove the Buddhist monk into exile.
Dalai Lama on Tuesday said he did not want separation from China but religious and environment freedom for his people as Beijing on Tuesday demanded that US “undo the damage” done by a meeting between President Barack Obama and the Tibetan spiritual leader.
I’m bullish on China after a couple of weeks here and perhaps that sentiment begins with the little emperors and empresses. In upscale city parks and rundown
I visited China in mid-October 2009. The three cities (Beijing, Dalian and Qingdao) which I saw, were as modern as Washington D.C., which I subsequently visited a week later.
A US official here told me he was “getting a little nervous about 2010” when it comes to Chinese-American relations. I’d say there’s plenty of cause for that. I’m not optimistic about the world’s most important relationship in the short term.