In greater Tibet, Dalai Lama’s light burns bright
Lit by flickering, sallow yak butter candles sits a small picture of a man despised in Beijing as leader of a splittist independence movement but admired by millions for his pacifism – the Dalai Lama.
After Hedging: Band-wagoning or Balancing?
Every state in Asia and beyond is hedging against the rise of China. Unsure of Chinese intentions, even America has adopted the hedging strategy of “congagement”—containing and engaging China at once. Yet, hedging cannot go on forever; at some point, every one will have to decide whether its