Dalai Lama in Washington

China has responded to the scheduling of this coming Thursday's meeting between President Obama and the Dalai Lama -- and they want it canceled. "We urge the U.S. side to fully understand the high sensitivity of Tibet-related issues, honor its commitment to recognizing Tibet as part of China and opposing 'Tibet independence,'" said China Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu. The Obama-Dalai Lama meeting is one of several sources of tension between the U.S. and China, a list that includes new arms sales to Taiwan, Chinese currency manipulation and evidence of Chinese hack attacks on Google. This kind of situation provides a difficult question for lovers of freedom and truth... on the one hand, one should always keep commitments, keep one's word. BUT, Tibet is NOT China, it is a not a province of a dictatorship, but a sovereign country in its own right, stolen from its people who have a right to govern themselves. Keep the meeting on President Obama, this is one of the things I agree with you about.