Wow, how sad - and this is a man that has spent in his entire life promoting peace, including promoting non-violent ways of dealing with China's occupation of Tibet. It just goes to show you how powerful China is. Economically they can really lean on countries, especially smaller ones like South Africa. It makes me very nervous - especially nowadays, when so much of our U.S. debt is owned by China. I am afraid they will pressure the administration on distancing from the Dalai Lama and the Tibet situation as well.