Considering that President Ma Ying-jeou

Taipei Times - archives: "Considering that President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has been bending over backward to please China, he made some hard political calculations when allowing the Dalai Lama’s visit.

Ma was losing political ground to the Democratic Progressive Party from the torrent of criticism in the country over his administration’s tardy response to the devastating tragedy of Typhoon Morakot.

And knowing how close the Ma administration is to China, it must have explained to Beijing its need to contain political damage that might worsen if the Dalai Lama was refused the opportunity to visit Taiwan in his role of imparting spiritual solace. Beijing might not have found it satisfactory but the thought of another DPP comeback at some point must be sobering."

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