Beijing views the Dalai Lama as a meddlesome separatist trying to - TopicsExpress



          

Beijing views the Dalai Lama as a meddlesome separatist trying to establish an independent Tibet. But hes also a tool that China uses to incrementally assert control in international affairs. Beijing knows that as much as foreign leaders may praise the Dalai Lama from afar, actually meeting the Dalai Lama is unimportant. No one is going to support him to set up an army and invade Tibet! says Robert Barnett, director of the Modern Tibetan Studies program at Columbia University. It tries to present these issues as if these are of great national significance -- which they are not -- as part of its normal strategy of negotiation, a form of over-statement to get the other party to back down, says Barnett.
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 13:26:47 +0000

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