Whenever he has accepted invitations of political leaders of other countries throughout the world, he invariably has drawn vigorous protests from Beijing. Before his arrival, the PRC had already, via foreign affairs spokesman Shen Guofang and State Council Office of Taiwan Affairs spokesman Wang Yonghai, denounced the occasion as "the meeting of Taiwan Independence and Tibetan Independence!"
如同他以往受邀造訪世界各國領袖，總會引起中共的強烈抗議，中共已在事前由其外交發言人沈國放、國台辦發言人王永海加以譴責「台獨與藏獨的會面！」