Obama holds talks with Dalai Lama despite China protest

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Source: BBC News

US President Barack Obama is holding talks with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, despite strong criticism from China.

China's foreign ministry earlier urged Mr Obama to cancel the White House engagement.

The private discussion was intended to show Mr Obama's support for Tibet's identity, the White House said.

Mr Obama's last meeting with the Dalai Lama in February 2010 also drew strong condemnation from Beijing.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14174944

[Firebrand Gary]

1. China can suck my bumper.

[WheelWalker]

2. Tells China's Politburo, "Eat your peas."

[gtar100]

3. No kidding. What a bunch of whiners.

Think it has anything to do with feeling some repressed guilt over what they did to Tibet?

Or just their standard mode of operation - anything not in their favor must either be condemned, repressed, displaced or killed.

[Muskypundit]

6. standard mode

It's not even a question lol

[DissedByBush]

4. My opinion of Obama goes up and down

Right now it's up, not kow-towing to China.

[McCamy Taylor]

5. Excellent!

[dogmoma56]

7. Tibet's actually gone, it's china now, genocide, re-population, more chinese now than Tibetans, to

too mineral rich to stay free,