Did Britain Just Sell Tibet?

I do believe that those politician only consider so-called national benefits as their priority. Justice and human rights are not their concern if they do not fit into their benefits. Here is an article published on New York Times recently.

Did Britain Just Sell Tibet?
By ROBERT BARNETT (November 24, 2008) at New York Times

(from NY Times)
THE financial crisis is going to do more than increase unemployment, bankruptcy and homelessness. It is also likely to reshape international alignments, sometimes in ways that we would not expect.
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Britain’s concession could be China’s most significant achievement on Tibet since American support for Tibetan guerillas was ended before Nixon’s visit to Beijing. Including China in global decision-making is welcome, but Western powers should not rewrite history to get support in the financial crisis. It may be more than banks and failed mortgages that are sold off cheap in the rush to shore up ailing economies.

Robert Barnett, the director of the Modern Tibetan Studies Program at Columbia, is the author of “Lhasa: Streets With Memories.”