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Tension between US and China
US President Barack Obama met the Dalai Lama on 18 February 2010, despite warnings from China that the meeting would damage US-China relations.
In the last few months, this relationship has been challenged as the US has criticised internet censorship in China following Google's threat to withdraw from China and a diplomatic row over US arms sales to Taiwan, which prompted China to threaten sanctions on the US. Obama has also suggested that China's currency, the yuan, is undervalued. We ask whether the US has changed its tact on China, showing that the myth of China's supreme strength can be challenged.
* US State Department's March 2010 report on human rights in China & Tibet
* Obama signals strong support for the Dalai Lama's political leadership: read more
* In Tibet, hundreds celebrate the meeting between Obama and the Dalai Lama: read more
* Read more about current US-China relations
* Click here for recent news media articles on Tibet
 Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters took to the streets in London on 6 March to mark the 51st anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising. |  400 Tibetans marked Tibetan New Year on February 14 by protesting in restive Ngaba, honouring those who died in the 2008 crackdowns. |
 There have been unconfirmed reports that China has launched its 'strike hard' campaign, detaining Tibetans before the 10 March anniversary. |  The Chinese government have promoted Gyaltsen Norbu to a key political post, while the real Panchen Lama remains missing since aged 6. |
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