Obama to meet Dalai Lama only after return from ChinaOctober 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US has confirmed that President Barack Obama will not meet with the Dalai Lama during his visit to Washington and will see the Tibetan spiritual leader only after his own trip to China next month. "The president has decided that he will meet with the Dalai Lama at a mutually agreeable time.
Dalai Lama to meet with Obama on US tour after all: USOctober 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will meet with the Dalai Lama during his US tour this month, the State Department said Monday contradicting a media report the White House had postponed their meeting in an attempt to gain favour with China. "The United States government thinks that he is an internationally revered religious and cultural figure, he is a Nobel Prize laureate," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters.
Obama officials seek postponement of meeting with Dalai LamaOctober 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In an attempt to curry favor with China, the United States has pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Obama until after Obama's summit with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, scheduled for next month. For the first time since 1991, the Tibetan spiritual leader will visit Washington this week and not meet with the president.
Australian premier criticised for snubbing Dalai LamaOctober 3rd, 2009 SYDNEY - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was Saturday accused of kowtowing to China over his decision not to meet the Dalai Lama when the exiled Tibetan leader visits Australia in December. Rudd braved Beijing's displeasure and met the Dalai Lama in 2007 when he was leader of the opposition Labour Party but has kept him at bay since taking office after the November 2007 election.
Canada ignores Dalai Lama's visit fearing Chinese backlashSeptember 28th, 2009 VANCOUVER - Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has reached Canada on a week-long visit, but unlike his previous visits, this time members of the Conservative Government are not to keen to meet the revered monk. Authorities have not announced any meetings with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper or any other cabinet members, who had met the Dalai Lama during his visit in 2006 and made him an honorary citizen of Canada.
Dalai Lama urges China to adopt democracySeptember 3rd, 2009 TAIPEI - The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, called Thursday on China to introduce democracy to avoid a collapse like that of the Soviet Union. The Dalai Lama, invited to visit Taiwan to bless typhoon victims, made the call while receiving disciples at the Howard Plaza Hotel in Taipei.
Dalai Lama wraps up sensitive Taiwan visitSeptember 3rd, 2009 TAIPEI - The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, ended his sensitive Taiwan visit Friday, leaving Taipei to mend the damage to its relations with Beijing from his visit. Hundreds of Tibetans and Taiwan disciples saw off the Dalai Lama at the Howard Plaza Hotel in Taipei, and hundreds more waited for him at the Taoyuan International Airport outside Taipei.
Dalai Lama urged to keep politics out during his Taiwan visitAugust 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Taiwan officials hope that Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama stays clear of politics during his visit to comfort victims of Typhoon Morakot. The Dalai Lama arrived in the island on late Sunday.
Oz Foreign Minister defends Dalai Lama meeting in DharamshalaJuly 5th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has maintained that the Australian parliamentary delegation's decision to meet the Dalai Lama in India was entirely appropriate despite Chinese condemnation. "This is a reflection of Australia's democratic strengths.
Dalai Lama's French 'honor' nothing more than political stunt: Chinese expertsJune 9th, 2009 BEIJING - Chinese experts have termed Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe's meeting with the Dalai Lama to award him an honorary citizenship of the French capital as "a full political stunt."
China opposes the honorary Paris citizenship for Dalai Lama. Despite a protest from China, Delanoe hosted the Dalai Lama at a ceremony in Paris on Sunday afternoon.
Chinese groups oppose Paris mayor's plan to honor Dalai LamaJune 3rd, 2009 BEIJING - A number of Chinese groups based in France have registered their protest against Paris mayor's plan to honor the Dalai Lama. Chen Shengwu, chairman of the Chinese Immigrants and Expatriates Association in France, said more than 30 Chinese organizations in France have sent letters of protest to the mayor of Paris.
China protests Danish meetings with Dalai LamaMay 30th, 2009 BEIJING - China Saturday protested over Danish government officials' meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying it "severely damaged the country's core interest". "China is strongly dissatisfied with and protests over the meetings with the Dalai Lama by Danish officials," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement.
Dalai Lama's visit to Paris may affect Sino-French tiesMay 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sino-French relations may take a dip if the planned visit by the Dalai Lama to Paris next month goes ahead, analysts have said. The Dalai Lama could become an honorary citizen of Paris during his visit, a move, analysts say, could affect relations between China and France.
'Dalai visit' to US may threaten relations with ChinaApril 22nd, 2009 BEIJING - U.S. President Barack Obama risks damaging relations with China if he meets the Dalai Lama in October, Chinese experts have warned.
S. Africa's Bishop Tutu gets a gift from the Dalai LamaApril 19th, 2009 PRETORIA - - Archbishop Desmond Tutu received a spiritual leadership award - and a gift from Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama - at Freedom Park in Pretoria on Saturday. After Tutu was granted the spiritual leadership award by an organisation called Humanity's Team, it was announced that the Dalai Lama had also sent him a gift.
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