Obama's Meeting With the Dalai Lama Is Delayed

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In an attempt to gain favor with China, the United States pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Obama until after Obama's summit with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, scheduled for next month, according to diplomats, government officials and other sources familiar with the talks. The U.S. decision to postpone the meeting appears to be part of a strategy to improve ties with China that also includes soft-pedaling criticism of China's human rights and financial policies as well as backing efforts to elevate China's position in international institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund. Obama administration officials have termed the new policy "strategic reassurance," which entails the U.S. government taking steps to convince China that it is not out to contain the emerging Asian power. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/04/AR2009100403262.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter [b]I do now know what you guys think of this decision "to curry favor with China" or if it is because we are so deeply in debt to China....China has loaned immense sums to the US – about two-thirds of China’s $1.95 trillion in foreign reserves is believed to be in United States securities – but it has begun to voice concerns about the health of US treasuries.http://opinion.globaltimes.cn/Observer/2009-05/429718.html Maybe Obama is thinking more about that that anything else. What do you think???[/b]