I suppose at least Bush did meet with HH The Dalai Lama, even if his prime motivation was to piss the Chinese off during their five-yearly party conference and make it look he was doing more that he is to help the Tibetans.

It would be remarkable if he suddenly got a pang of conscience somewhere in the recesses of his wart for a brain and woke up to the fact we're all going to be speaking Mandarin in a few years time and now might be a good time to stand up for the oppressed millions in China before we join them.

Tiawan - now there's another problem . . .