China has postponed an annual summit meeting with the EU, the Europeans said in a statement. The Chinese were evidently angered by a new visit to several European countries by the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
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InternationalHeraldTribune on 26th Nov 2008 (via iht.com)
China warned two weeks ago that a planned meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dalai Lama could hurt relations between France and China.
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InternationalHeraldTribune on 26th Nov 2008 (via iht.com)
France says China is postponing a summit with the EU planned for next week because several European countries are hosting the Dalai Lama.
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InternationalHeraldTribune on 26th Nov 2008 (via iht.com)
China says a possible meeting between Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama would further harm Sino-US relations, and promises sanctions against US companies selling arms to Taiwan
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FT on 2nd Feb 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Beijing accused the US of hurting bilateral ties and interfering in China's affairs after Barack Obama met with the Dalai Lama in Washington
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FT on 17th Jul 2011 (via ft.com)
The Dalai Lama is the most respected world leader among Western Europeans and Americans, a poll being made public Friday shows.
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InternationalHeraldTribune on 27th Nov 2008 (via iht.com)
This article points out that it is 50 years since the Dalai Lama had to flee Chinese-ruled Tibet. The problem for the Tibetans remains the same. They lack national self-determination and their political expression is restricted by the Chinese state. The Dalai Lama has taken a peaceful attitude to China and has said he seeks autonomy within the PRC rather than full independence. However, the Beijin...
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MyPoliticalBlog on 10th Mar 2009 (via vinospoliticalblog.blogspot.com)
Tibet is "not against the Chinese government, but there is neither freedom of speech nor freedom of the press," the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, told MEPs yesterday (4 December), bemoaning China's lack of "moral authority".
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EurActiv on 5th Dec 2008 (via euractiv.com)
The Dalai Lama skirted controversy over Tibet at the start of his 12-day trip to France on Tuesday, blessing a Buddhist institute and a temple, and offering a message of goodwill to China.
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InternationalHeraldTribune on 12th Aug 2008 (via iht.com)
Brussels has reacted with astonishment to a decision by China to postpone next week's EU-China summit in retaliation for visits by EU leaders with Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
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EurActiv on 27th Nov 2008 (via euractiv.com)