In September, German Chancellor Angela Merkel met the Dalai Lama, incurring Beijing’s wrath.
The historic Berlin meeting prompted China to withdraw from a Germany-China symposium scheduled to be held in Munich and cancel an annual event due to be held in Beijing in December to discuss human rights.
They should tell China we’ll listen to their concerns once they sell us tires which don’t fly apart at 55 mph.
The Dalai Lama has also met Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer and Australian Prime Minister John Howard this year, and is due to meet Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper later this month.
China was outraged when Canada granted the Dalai Lama honorary citizenship last year.