China warned two weeks ago that a planned meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dalai Lama could hurt relations between France and China.

France says China is postponing a summit with the EU planned for next week because several European countries are hosting the Dalai Lama.

Beijing accused the US of hurting bilateral ties and interfering in China's affairs after Barack Obama met with the Dalai Lama in Washington

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

Relations between China and Europe reached a new low after Beijing cancelled a summit in protest at French president Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to meet the Dalai Lama

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...

The Dalai Lama laughed at frequent intervals during his visit this morning to the Palace of Westminster. When I arrived on my bicycle in New Palace Yard, I found a large number of Liberal Democrat MPs waiting in a row to greet him. Dalai Lama is on a ten day visit to the UK Perhaps this put the Dalai Lama in a good mood. He shook hands with about 14 Lib Dem MPs, includi...

Nicolas Sarkozy will not put off a meeting with the Dalai Lama in Poland next month despite Beijing's displeasure over the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's contacts with European leaders, the French government said

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.

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".