How China Is Breathing Down The Neck Of South Africa

South Africa, which is supposedly made up of fiercely independent-minded people who abhor imperialism with a passion, is now leaking the boots of China. The is especially the case with the recent denial of visa to the Dalai Lama by the South African government because the government claims that doing is "inconvenient." How inconvenient is granting a visa to an individual like the Dalai Lama? Is that inconvenience related to fact that China has currently extended its pressure to South Africa, thus making the South African government to be nervous?
The Dalai Lama was supposed to go to South Africa to celebrate the 80th birthday of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Even though this is not a hugely important matter, I trust the Archbishop himself will take time to chastise his country for selling itself to China.