China warns U.S. on Dalai Lama, Stop Visit or Face Consequence

China is sounding like a spoiled brat that can't get his way when it comes to the Dalai lama...

Thanks for your comments stejeb and Spydermonkey.  China is definitely throwing their weight around, because they can.  It's amazing what Wal-Mart Dollars can do:)

First of all, I don't know the legitamacy of the Dali Lama's claim as Tibet's leader. I think that it is a waste of Obama;s time to meet with him, except to rub sand in China's eye at a time when I already kicked them with arms sales to Taiwan.

Surely, China has no say in who visits the President or with whom the President wants to see.

I agree that China has no say, but they have the freedom to act as they will in protest.  The U.S. could certainly use China's help in dealing with North Korea and Iran.  There is also the little issue of U.S. debt.

With a population of 1 Billion + , hopefully there won't be great chaos because it might just spill over to the rest of the world.

Maybe it's a good thing I live in rural Alberta:)

Proof read your story before posting it.

good post karl ty

i believe that mr obama should do what is best for the us

Thank  you for your comments jazzy:)

The world would be a better place with out all our super powers and multi nationals or stock markets. 

It may be best to get back to basics and send Humanity back to the stage of slugs, so it may evolve into something better next time around.

That would be quite a task Uwe.  You would have to get rid of ego, greed, jealousy, power...etc, you get the point.

 I haven't been in China for many years now, but at that time, even though forbidden, my friends had pictures of the Dalai Lama hidden away.  There is a great deal of instability in that country.  China has been the scene of many revolutions in the past and is likely to see more in the future.

Free Tibet Now!

I'm sick of China.  From dog eating to imperialism to fake communism and oppression of their society.  With heavy pollution, corrupt product inspection and toxic ingredients in even the food, their public image for me has fallen below that of famous dictators of the 20th Century.  We cannot boycott china now that we've moved all our production factories there and cannot produce products affordably at home due to our insane need for a decent quality of life, but we should do something.  Of course, when China finally becomes civilized again (it was once the most civil in the world if you go far enough back in history) we will all find that we can no longer afford products there because their workers will require a living wage too.  Then we'll be dissing the african nations which have taken our factories and toxic waste in return for power and money.

~sigh~  

Free Tibet Now!  (and lets let Quebec free too.)

Sure the 1 million homeless in America would be happy to make toys !

"Sure the 1 million homeless in America would be happy to make toys !"

Why not..!

It beats making bombs , no?

.Agent.

Has anyone really tried to find things that are not 'made in China' when shopping any any U.S. retail store or even our online sites. It is nearly impossible. The more that people purchase blindly Chinese made goods, the more expensive the 'made in the USA' goods become (basic economics). Money is power. The whole U.S. of A. is funding whatever China decides to do. Want to change things? You have to change your retail habits.

Good post, ACP. I think that Obama should NOT cancel the meeting with the Dali Lama. It looks as though the US needs help from China on many fronts. Reality might dictate otherwise. China is stuck with a dependency on US consumerism, and if China decided to dump a significant amount of debt holdings, the net effect would be to devalue the remaining holdings. It's all posturing and flexing of "muscles" by China. I say, poke the stick in the eye.