I would think that Obama will pull the old “We have decided to postpone the visit” bit.
Obama will say anything to get him over the “hump” in the road and right now Obama needs to improve China-US relations so he can get new UN sanctions supported by China and France against Iran for nuclear purposes.
LOL!!
I know schadenfreude is not a good thing, but it is so hard NOT to enjoy it now. If Obama had met the Dilia Lama the first time he was in the neighborhood, Beijing would have growled, but not much more.
This time, however, they are pretty confident they have the whip hand, and coming on top of the arms sales to Taiwan, they definitely feel like they are being dissed.
Since canceling the sales will be more of a egg-on-face than dissing the lama... guess what.
Mr. lama, sorry.