01. May 2009
Dalai Lama part of Tibet solution: senior US Asia advisor
(AFP) China should see the Dalai Lama as "part of the solution" on Tibet instead of trying to isolate him, US President Barack Obama's top Asia adviser has said. Jeff Bader, senior director for Asia on the White House's National Security Council, told the 'Committee of 100', a Chinese-American group, that it should use its influence in Beijing to encourage a different view of the Dalai Lama. Before his appointment, Bader served at the Brookings Institution think-tank where he led a project encouraging Chinese academics to make contact with the Dalai Lama. He said he was impressed with the response. "It suggested to me that there is an openness to discussion among non-official Chinese on this subject and I hope that one of these days officials will catch up", Bader said.