An "average american-chinese person" is actually a bit vague since many people emigrated from Hong Kong and Taiwan to America, and they most likely do not hold

An "average american-chinese person" is actually a bit vague since many people emigrated from Hong Kong and Taiwan to America, and they most likely do not hold the same views as the Communist Party of China (CPC) on this matter. I think the group most likely to oppose the Dalai Lama are the people born of the one-child generation who did not leave China until after high school. I say this because they grew up in a China when things and opportunity are plentiful, all thanks to the glorious CPC. When things are good, it's easier to believe the party line. The older generation of mainland Chinese that was born earlier has a different relationship the government because life was more authoritarian back before the 90s. The government owned everything and entrepreneurship was very difficult. And in contrast to the younger generation, because the older one experienced or knew of the horrors of the Cultural Revolution firsthand, they were much more skeptical of their government. If you want one data point, I think it's great the Dalai Lama is speaking at UCSD. Hopefully it will give the Chinese students and their parents a chance to see that he isn't the boogeyman.