“The meeting itself is important that it is happening,” said Lodi Gayari, special envoy to the Dalai Lamai, reported by the BBC. He’ll be asking the U.S. president to “help find a solution in resolving the Tibet issue that would be mutually beneficial to the Tibetan and Chinese people.”
The meeting comes at the expense of a strong American-Chinese relationship. It is unclear how China will react to American discussions with the exhiled Tibetan leader.
“We expect a good conclusion and we are praying for it. And since it is a first trip meeting with the Obama administration, so we are expecting a good result,” said Norbu Tsering, a Tibetan monk, reported by OneIndia.
China is hoping to control Tibet through strong economic ties not military invasion.
“It used to be said that first should come fast economic development and then livelihoods. But now the focus is much more on people’s well-being,” said Zhang Yun at the China Tibetology Research Center in Beijing, reported by the Financial Times.
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