Obama Dalai Lama meeting: China summons US ambassador
“The US act grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs, gravely hurt the Chinese people’s national sentiments and seriously damaged the Sino-US ties.”
- Ma Zhaoxu, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman
President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met respectively with the Dalai Lama in Washington on Thursday. This event comes only a few weeks after the US government has closed a major arms deal with Taiwan. China had repeatedly and strongly denounced the meeting and called for the US government to cancel the arrangements. The warnings could not have been clearer:
We urge the US to fully grasp the high sensitivity of Tibet-related issues, to prudently and appropriately deal with related matters, and avoid bringing further damage to China-US relations.
- Ma Zhaoxu on February 4th
It may therefore not come as a big surprise that now Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai has summoned the US ambassador to talks regarding the issue. This has the potential to become a very major setback, the aftertaste of which may last for quite a while.
I generally agree that countries should be able to recieve whichever guests they like. In this case however, I question the purpose of the meeting. Does Obama really need to meet the Dalai Lama that badly and thereby directly provoke the Chinese government?
Considering the United States’ dependence to Sino-American trade, I see a very thin line between what appears to be pridefully standing up for liberal American values and mere recklessness. The US may be gambling with the fact that said dependence works both ways – but why take the risk? Perhaps it is not too farfetched to believe that Obama is trying to divert attention from recent events that have put him in the light of not following the ideals that he is suddenly pursuing so ambitiously?
Any of your comments are appreciated. What do you think of the US’ recent actions?
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