Well put.
No, the Chinese aren't stupid. They're desperately evil. The Dalai Lama doesn't spend much time in Tibet because he's in exile. The Chinese want to kill him. He's publicly pro-life, for one thing. In Communist China, that's pretty much a capital offense, as it were. And he's pro-chastity and says homosexuality is wrong. That's why there aren't too many Lefties with "Free Tibet" on the bumper anymore.
Back off the Lama. The problem's 0bama.