Question: Why did P. Christiaan Klieger believe that the Ming court supported high Tibetan lamas?
Sentence: Sperling states that the delicate relationship between the Ming and Tibet was "the last time a united China had to deal with an independent Tibet," that there was a potential for armed conflict at their borders, and that the ultimate goal of Ming foreign policy with Tibet was not subjugation but "avoidance of any kind of Tibetan threat."
Answer in sentence: no