The Hindu : Opinion / Leader Page Articles : How China sees the Dalai Lama and his cause

The Hindu : Opinion / Leader Page Articles : How China sees the Dalai Lama and his cause - Pallavi Aiyar: "What those urging China to negotiate with the Dalai Lama fail to recognise is the fact that Beijing’s main constituency is not the international community but its own domestic public. For Beijing to appear ‘soft’ on the Dalai Lama would be as politically unpalatable domestically asit would be in the United States were Washington to decide to engage in dialogue with Osama bin Laden."