Indians are acutely conscious that, on this subject, the Chinese are easily offended. While India facilitated the highly publicized visit by Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, to the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala last month, it almost simultaneously canceled a scheduled meeting between him and Indian Vice-President Mohammed Hamid Ansari.
印度非常清楚，在这一问题上中国很容易就被冒犯。美国众议院领袖佩鲁希上个月高调造访在达兰萨拉的达赖喇嘛、印度予以便利之时，它也几乎同时撤销了原定副总统安萨里和达赖喇嘛的会见。