“If the US leader chooses to meet with the Dalai Lama at this time, it will certainly threaten trust and co-operation between China and the United States,” said Mr Zhu, executive deputy minister of the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department.
He said that if a meeting did take place, China would “take corresponding action to make relevant countries see their mistakes”.
“We oppose any attempt by foreign forces to interfere in China's internal affairs using the Dalai Lama as an excuse,” he said.
“If they [the US] don't recognise that Tibet is part of China, it will seriously undermine the political foundation of Sino-US relations.“
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No one, not even the Dalai Lama himself, is questioning whether Tibet is part of China or not. The only thing Tibetans want is religious freedom.
So it’s not really the West that is using the Dalai Lama as an excuse to further its foreign policy, is it?
Last year China overtook Germany to become the world’s biggest exporter. Maybe China should consider just how exactly it intends “to make relevant countries see their mistakes” if its economy is more dependent on these countries than they are on China.
