Fraser Nelson Fraser Nelson

The great British kowtow

The Dalai Lama is right: the UK's China policy is about 'money money money'

issue 26 September 2015

Any British Prime Minister who meets the Dalai Lama knows it will upset the Chinese government — but for decades, no British Prime Minister has much cared. John Major met him in 10 Downing Street, as did Tony Blair. These were small but important nods to Britain’s longstanding status as a friend of Tibet.

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