In a WikiLeaked document, conversations between the Dalai Lama and the U.S. Ambassador to India indicate that the environment is to take precedence over independence, signaling a massive policy change for China and the region.

Here's the paradox: "Happy" people are some of the dullest people I know. And yet happiness is the state to which so many of us doggedly aspire.

Today the Dalai Lama will get to broadcast his thoughts to many thousands of Chinese, 140 characters at a time. He's considered an undesirable to the authorities there, remember, and his team has had to resort to some holy hacking to get the message out.

As Google spars with China over Internet freedom, President Obama does his best to appease the Chinese for a combined sustainability effort.

Oh dear--this isn't going to end well, and it's a shame. Apple, which usually enjoys a rosy-tinted PR glow, has soured its image by censoring iPhone apps that relate to the Dalai Lama in China.