I want to know the answer to the following question:
Why did P. Christiaan Klieger believe that the Ming court supported high Tibetan lamas?
All the background I'm provided with is that "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."". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: no