Obama to meet Dalai Lama at White House, defying Beijing
US President Barack Obama will meet the Dalai Lama at the White House Wednesday, a move condemned by China which portrays the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader as a dangerous separatist.
Obama has met the Dalai Lama several times before and calls the monk “a good friend,” but the pair will — as usual — talk behind closed doors in an effort to avoid Beijing’s ire.
China, which accuses the Nobel peace laureate of using “spiritual terrorism” to seek independence for Tibet, expressed displeasure over the visit to the United States.
“Under the cloak of religion, the 14th Dalai Lama peddles his political ambitions of dividing China all around the world,” foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters Tuesday.
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