Three decades ago, he was a scrappy campaigner roaming the world’s corridors of power with a dream to win independence for his tiny homeland.... Today, at 75, José Ramos-Horta is both the president and a relentless salesman for East Timor.He asked China’s president, Xi Jinping, to “ help us resolve the problem of agriculture, food security and poverty.” He pleaded with Vietnam’s leaders to do the same.... Home to about 1.4 million people, East Timor is one half of an island that lies near the