China protests Obama's Dalai Lama meeting
Reuters
2014-02-21
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STORY: China urged the United States on Friday (February 21) to scrap plans for President Barack Obama to meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama later in the day, warning it would "seriously damage" ties between the two countries.
The White House National Security Council said Obama would meet the Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, at the White House on Friday in a show of concern about China's human rights practices.
China calls the Dalai Lama a "wolf in sheep's clothing" who seeks to use violent methods to establish an independent Tibet.
The Dalai Lama, who fled to India after a failed uprising in 1959, maintains he only wants genuine autonomy for Tibet and denies advocating violence.
"China expresses staunch opposition to this. We urge the United States to take seriously China's concerns, immediately cancel plans for the U.S. leader to meet the Dalai, and not facilitate and provide a platform for the
STORY: China urged the United States on Friday (February 21) to scrap plans for President Barack Obama to meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama later in the day, warning it would "seriously damage" ties between the two countries.
The White House National Security Council said Obama would meet the Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, at the White House on Friday in a show of concern about China's human rights practices.
China calls the Dalai Lama a "wolf in sheep's clothing" who seeks to use violent methods to establish an independent Tibet.
The Dalai Lama, who fled to India after a failed uprising in 1959, maintains he only wants genuine autonomy for Tibet and denies advocating violence.
"China expresses staunch opposition to this. We urge the United States to take seriously China's concerns, immediately cancel plans for the U.S. leader to meet the Dalai, and not facilitate and provide a platform for the
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