Trade villains

Re “China fuming over Bush’s visit with the Dalai Lama,” Oct. 17

So China is angry and “demands that the U.S. cancel the extremely wrong arrangements” to give the Dalai Lama the Congressional Gold Medal. While the Chinese government has many responsibilities, instructing other countries about whom they should or should not give awards to is not one of them.

Perhaps the Neanderthals in Beijing would accept a trade deal instead: They take on Osama bin Laden as their enemy, and we’ll take the Dalai Lama as ours. I wonder, what would it be like having someone devoted to peace and nonviolence as your enemy?

Cindy Fabricius-Segal

Upland