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| Tibetan Leader Meets Obama |
| 2010-02-19 |
| [Quqnoos] Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is expected to meet US President Barack Obama in Washington on Thursday China has urged the Obama administration to scrap plans for the meeting, which is viewed in Beijing as another irritant in relations between the United States and China. Tensions between the two countries have arisen over issues from trade to currencies to the US plan to sell 6.4 billion of weapons to Taiwan. China vowed last week to impose unspecified sanctions against American companies selling arms to Taiwan and curtail military-to-military contacts. China regards the spiritual leader as a separatist who is fermenting unrest in Tibet. Mindful of Chinese sensitivities, Obama held off meeting the Dalai Lama until after he first met Chinese leaders during a trip to Asia in November. Further, in a nod to diplomatic courtesy, Obama will not receive the Dalai Lama in the Oval Office of the White House and will, instead, greet him in the Map Room, a space which is generally used for social occasions. China has recently become increasingly vocal in opposing meetings between foreign leaders and the Dalai Lama. Washington has said it accepts Tibet is a part of China but wants Beijing to sit down with the Dalai Lama to address differences over the region's future. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Careful, Barry. Some of that Dalai Lama stuff might rub off on ya. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-02-19 11:36 |
| #5 Obama wants 'Global Kumbaya', "Why can't we all just get along?" |
| Posted by: Tom-Pa 2010-02-19 08:11 |
| #4 Sorry, that was meant to be a redaction of the comment not a troll action against the commenter. We'll get you back on the legal list shortly, Besoeker. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-02-19 07:13 |
| #3 Hey, give us the magic words! Ooh Eeh Ooh Ah Aah Ting Tang...Obama Lama Bing Bang.... |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-02-19 04:59 |
| #2 Big hitter, the Lama... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-02-19 00:19 |
| #1 when it comes to Obowma, the question is: How low will he go? ( we all know he's gonna bow, its a reflex. like a trailer park drunk peeing on the flo' |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2010-02-19 00:18 |