[vtange]

Reminds me of that one time when some students at UCSD protested against the university hosting the Dalai Lama for a graduation speech.

https://qz.com/908922/chinese-students-at-ucsd-are-evoking-d...

I've always felt that in an increasingly globalized and connected world, we will start to see increased external influence in America from parties that are not the Democrats or the Republicans. China is arguably the world's largest and most powerful political party, and with no domestic competition, it pretty much has the freedom and ability to overshadow smaller, more divided political entities.

[bgentry]

The UCSD Dalai Lama incident is literally the subject of at least the first four paragraphs of this article.

[techman9]

The leadoff photo is literally outside the main library at UCSD.

[techman9]

The second photo is literally the chancellor of UCSD with the Dalai Lama.