I don't know what to read into French motive behind the "shift" in official posturing regarding the Dalai Lama and their Zizang (Tibet) "doublespeak."
But the latest news report about French Ambassador to China Herve Ladsous declaring that Westerners need to know more about "the reality of Tibet" and the fact that it was a "slave society over 60 years ago," sounded like a signal from French President Sarkozy that the French are ready to "flip-flop," like the Brits, vis a vis the issue of Tibet, otherwise known to Chinese as Xizang Province.
Chinese tourism to Paris has dwindled; Carrefour in China is being shunned and boycotted by Chinese shoppers. The indignation of the Chinese common masses against the arrogance and bullying of French officials led by Sarkozy is being acted out in economic boycotts at the grassroots level, with or without official approval.
Given the precarious financial situation in the West, with North America, Europe, and Great Britain, and Australasia reeling from the financial tsunami unleased by the collaspe of Wall Street and Canary Wharf, the West is ready to "play ball" and backpedal from their rabid support of the "political monk in saffron robe."
Click on the news below which was glaringly blockcaded and embargoed by the Western shills behind the mainstream Western news media and their TEAM TIBET SHANGRI-LA fanatics:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/04/content_11130201.htm
