Dalai Lama Losing Britain in the Financial Crisis
Robert Barnett, Columbia University | November 26, 2008
After asking China to give more to the IMF, Britain has drastically changed its position on Tibet, no longer recognizing it as autonomous. ++ This change of heart risks tearing up historical agreements that frame the international order and “could provide the basis for resolving China’s dispute with Tibet.” ++ Britain’s concession could be China’s biggest triumph over the West in decades. ++ China’s opinions are welcome during this crisis, but Western powers cannot let its monetary leverage cause them to rewrite history.
