Those nations that have welcomed the Dalai Lama would get whacked by an irate China. However, nations stood for their right to do as they please on his visits.

However, it seems this nation has thought it over and decided upon a less tendentious course:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/04/dalai-lama-denied-south-africa-visa-nobel-summit

If this becomes a pattern it will irk the US terribly.