Western meddling in Sino-Tibetan affairs by the US government is understandable and is just international politics.  But meddling by so-called &#x27;anti-establishment&#x27; celebrities is the height of irony. The equivalent of Russell Brandt yelling &quot;Free Tibet&quot; at Glastonbury would be Al Wei Wei (famous Chinese social activist &#x2F; artist) holding a concert in Shenzhen with proceeds going to some Singapore-based non-profit called &quot;Free Cherokee Nation&quot;.  The odds of the Cherokee Nation miraculously gaining sovereignty from the USA, and Al Wei Wei&#x27;s ultimate benefit, if any, are so large and so remote, respectively, that we couldn&#x27;t help but view such an act as self-serving.  And so are all these western celebrities viewed by those in Asia (if at all).  It is, in a sense, an self-aggrandizing gesture for a purely Western audience with little effect on China. It is, therefore, a circle-jerk.