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Why Can't the Dalai Lama Travel to South Africa?
Bending to Chinese pressure, the government of South Africa has refused to allow the Dalai Lama a visa to attend a conference of Nobel Peace Prize laureates. Two of South Africa's Nobel peace prize winners, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and FW de Klerk, pulled out of the conference, which was scheduled to start on Friday. The conference was subsequently postponed.
Back in Beijing, they must be congratulating themselves. South Africa, led by Nelson Mandela, once attempted to pursue one of the most creative policies vis-a-vis China. No longer. And therein lies a tale.
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