Splittists' reunion

摘要

A visit from the Dalai Lama was surely the last thing Taiwan's president, Ma Ying-jeou, wanted amid widespread public anger over his government's slow response to a deadly typhoon in August. An angry China could have greatly added to his woes. But for all its grumbling about the trip, which is due to end on September 4th, the mainland does not want to upset a budding friendship.