The Dalai Lama’s meeting with U.S...
opposed the diaspora’s participation in this work either. The issue is the terms of that participation.It would be no small matter if the United States was actively encouraging the Tibetan diaspora to work against China. This is why Beijing is so nervous about the Dalai Lama’s ceremonial visits to the White House and why it is closely monitoring moves made by the State Department in this direction. Beijing is trying to understand what influence they exert on Tibetans there. The Dalai Lama may believe that the destinies of Tibet and China are inseparable. But he is 75 years old. What if the Tibetan diaspora splits into moderate and extremist camps? The split has, in fact, already occurred, but Tibetan émigrés are trying to conceal it for the time being.
Is Beijing overreacting to Washington’s attempts to participate in this process? It depends on whether you look at it in the broader context. Any State Department bureaucrat can tell
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