“China warns US on Dalai Lama”

“China warns US on Dalai Lama”

February 3rd, 2010 | Posted in China, Tibet, United States | Author: Editor

“US President Barack Obama still plans to meet the Dalai Lama, the White House said on Tuesday, despite China’s warning that such a meeting would hurt ties already strained by U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan. Digging in on two points of discord, China vowed to impose unspecified sanctions against U.S. companies selling arms to Taiwan and said any meeting between Obama and the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader would hurt bilateral ties. The White House shrugged off Beijing’s warning. ’The president told China’s leaders during his trip last year that he would meet with the Dalai Lama and he intends to do so,’ White House spokesman Bill Burton told reporters traveling with Obama to New Hampshire”

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