Dalai Lama in US for talks as China fumes

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WASHINGTON (AFP) – Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday opened a visit to the United States to meet President Barack Obama, infuriating China as it tries to sideline the revered monk.

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Beijing has opposed any meeting with the Dalai Lama, demanding that the United States reverse its "wrong decision" to "avoid any more damage to Sino-US relations."

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The childish dictators in Beijing are heard again. Don't they understand that the rest of us in the free world really 1. don't care what they think and 2. are turning more and more against them as their behavior and arrogance continues to grow.

The thing is, it will get tougher and tougher for us the more dependent we become on China. We're so dependent on their goods, they could cripple our economy if they boycotted us.

Luna Tick said:

The thing is, it will get tougher and tougher for us the more dependent we become on China. We're so dependent on their goods, they could cripple our economy if they boycotted us.

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That's right! We'd be so lost without our dollar store trinkets. :2razz:

On a serious note, it's true. It's hard to find anything that is not made in China.

I know. I used to try to buy non-Chinese all the time, but you just can't do it. EVERYTHING is made there. Our economy's already vulnerable. If China cut off our imports, there would be immediate shortages. As we got goods from elsewhere, we would have hyperinflation. It would be ugly. China could invade Taiwan, execute the Dalai Lama, and have another Tiananmen Square massacre and there would be nothing we could do about it. We couldn't boycott them without destroying our own economy. We couldn't invade militarily. About all we could do is complain, but keep buying from them.

Luna Tick said:

I know. I used to try to buy non-Chinese all the time, but you just can't do it. EVERYTHING is made there. Our economy's already vulnerable. If China cut off our imports, there would be immediate shortages. As we got goods from elsewhere, we would have hyperinflation. It would be ugly. China could invade Taiwan, execute the Dalai Lama, and have another Tiananmen Square massacre and there would be nothing we could do about it. We couldn't boycott them without destroying our own economy. We couldn't invade militarily. About all we could do is complain, but keep buying from them.

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Then again, the US is their goldmine. They would certainly hate to lose that, especially now that they have a taste of a better way of life.

Middleground said:

That's right! We'd be so lost without our dollar store trinkets. :2razz:

On a serious note, it's true. It's hard to find anything that is not made in China.

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Actually, with the exception of some footwear, I am able to get nearly everything I need made in countries other than China.

I have a bunch of photography equipment that's all made in Japan.

America cant continue to experience the economic fear brought about ; because we have given up our manufacturing base to low wage countries like China. We will have to strike a balance betwwen our sense of fair balanced
trade and protectionism. We gotta make a choice. Us or them!
Meeting the Dalai lama exactly what the Leader of the free world should do.

We may be close to the end of the , "Capitalistic Romanticism" period in american foreign policy. Its ; Becoming clear, The work goes so does the profits and the jobs follow. Adam Smith said,"The Capital would be used to further ventures of what it was employed in".
Chinnese factories is what it was used in. Now it builds Chinas roads feeds their army pays their taxes and keeps our political and economic system feed with," cheap goods and political donations". The huge profits they get from our former industrys. They now use against us and our government helps them.

1. So, unlike October, Obama does NOT dis the Dalai this time.

2. How brave for him to link up with the Lama.

3. Except he can't allow himself to BE SEEN IN PUBLIC with the holy man from the Himalayas.

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4. Hu's not happy.

5. He's dumping T-bills at a record rate, December saw the greatest sell off of US debt by foreign holders in history.

6. The Financial Times of London: "Jitters Over China's Waning Taste for T-Bills."

FT.com / Capital Markets - Jitters over China?s waning taste for T-bills

7. Hu hustles Obama, then makes him hop.

8. The president's disastrous trip to Asia---Der Spiegel called it, "Obama's Nice Guy Act Gets Him Nowhere on World Stage."

US Foreign Policy: Obama's Nice Guy Act Gets Him Nowhere on the World Stage - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

9. CFR, the Council on Foreign Relations: "Amateur Hour at the White House."

Amateur Hour at the White House - Council on Foreign Relations)

10. Hu choreographed Obama's townhall, his press conference.

11. Obtuse Obama dumbly obliged.

12. Oblivious Obama wants climate accords, killed cruelly by the Chinese in Copenhagen.

13. Over-his-head Obama calls for no nukes, gets no cooperation.

14. North Korea? Don't even talk about it.

15. Currency negotiation---nixed.

16. And the biggie, sanctions against Iran: Hu's foreign minister announces on the very DAY OF QOM, "Personally, I don't like the word, 'punishment.'"

Newsvine - China dismisses punishment for Iran nuke facility

17. Despite this plethora of problems, however, it is indeed pleasing to see our poor, perplexed President Pie In The Face stand up to his oriental tormentor.

18. By meeting the transcendental from Tibet.

19. IN THE DARK!

20. LOL!