Nearly three-quarters of all Americans think Tibet should be an independent country, according to a new national poll.
The poll's release came as President Obama was to meet with the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader in exile, at the White House. The poll also indicates that 53 percent say it's more important for the United States to take a strong stand on human rights in China than to maintain good relations with Beijing.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll was conducted February 12-15, with 1,023 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points for the overall survey.