1. What is the reason in your mind that makes Obama decide to meet the Dalai Lama twice in two years and to ignore China’s opposition?
Obama, very much like other Western politicians, is seeking for votes. The next election is never far away. The Dalai Lama is almost a pop star and supporting him means to win the sympathy of many people i.e. potential voters.
Also, the Dalai Lama managed to create the image of the last trustworthy politician on earth. Standing beside him in front of the world′s media is like transferring the image of the Dalai Lama over to the host - like a celibrity is supposed to transfer it′s reputation on any consumer product in advertising.
Ignoring Chinese opposition on the level of policy is widely perceived as a sign of integretiy, strength and independence. Those are qualities people admire in their nations and want to see in their leaders.
On the economic level the US and other countries in the middle of their crisises largely depend on China. More so, a rising China makes the world richer. This nobody can ignore. But this nobody wants to admit.
2. Both Obama and Dalai claimed that their meeting focused on ”human right of Tibetan people”. What’s your understanding on their so-called “human right of Tibetan people”?
That′s like two blind men discussing a painting. The United Nations continously criticize most Western countries including the US for their violations of human rights. The Dalai Lama represents a former feudal system based on slavery. If the old Tibet of the Dalai Lamas still existed today, it would be condemned as a terror regime. No Dalai Lama despite any buddhist doctrine on compassion ever improved the human right situation of his people.
But all the world is a theater, said Shakespeare. And a theater has a dubble floor. Just like both Western and Dalai Lama′s policies are show business and based on dubble standards. They say what the audience wants to hear and is ready to pay for (Germans pay up to 200 Euro for a ticket to see the Dalai Lama live).