Taiwan, cont.

It's nice to have such a respected publication as the Economist agree with you.

This storm, like all the others, will pass. The same applies to President Obama meeting with the Dalai Lama, especially since the US has long accepted that Tibet is a part of China. The US will spin it as nothing more than meeting with an important world religious leader, no different from an audience with the Pope. China will huff, and it will blow over.