Obama to host Dalai Lama at White House

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Obama to host Dalai Lama at White House

US President Barack Obama will meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Friday, US officials say.

China has urged the US to cancel the meeting, saying it will "seriously impair China-US relations".

China describes the Dalai Lama as a separatist, while the spiritual leader says he only advocates greater autonomy for Tibet, not independence.

Officials say the US does not support Tibetan independence but is concerned about human rights in China.

The two men last met in 2011, in talks that angered China.

Tibet is governed as an autonomous region in China.

China has been widely accused of repressing political and religious freedoms in Tibet. Beijing rejects this and says economic development has improved Tibetans' lives.

'Respected leader'

Mr Obama will host the Dalai Lama in a private meeting in the White House Map Room on Friday morning, US officials said.

Mr Obama traditionally hosts foreign leaders in the Oval Office, so the decision to use the Map Room is viewed as an attempt to give the visit a lower-profile.

Caitlin Hayden, a spokeswoman for the National Security Council, said Mr Obama would meet the Dalai Lama "in his capacity as an internationally respected religious and cultural leader".

"We do not support Tibetan independence," she said, adding that the US "strongly supports human rights and religious freedom in China.


"We are concerned about continuing tensions and the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibetan areas of China."

Meanwhile, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that Beijing was "firmly opposed" to the meeting.

"The US leader's meeting with the Dalai is a gross interference in China's internal affairs, a severe violation of codes of international relations and will seriously impair China-US relations," she said in a statement.


China had "already lodged solemn representations" with the US on the matter, she added.
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Mr Obama will host the Dalai Lama in a private meeting in the White House Map Room on Friday morning, US officials said.

Mr Obama traditionally hosts foreign leaders in the Oval Office, so the decision to use the Map Room is viewed as an attempt to give the visit a lower-profile.
In 2011 visit was low-profile, garbage at White House back door was high-profile.

 

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The image of the garbage is predominant. Was that on-purpose ... is it not a issue because it happens all the time .


The issue was that the made His Holiness enter and leave by the back door, to placate Chinese.
 

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The issue was that the made His Holiness enter and leave by the back door, to placate Chinese.
I understand reason but i am asking was it on purpose to show garbage. I am not discussing the Tibet policy. I only ask because the White House is the DOS playground and it controls what, why, when and how to the pin drop. They are able to control the pictures and even the people in the picture. They are able to control the release of the pictures.

This only leads to ask why the garbage (its a huge eye sore). It is placating the Chinese a lot because this image life expiration is far longer compared to the words that were mentioned. Mind i ask is there a fear if the Chinese are not placated in such a way there would be disturbance to some balance in mind.

Another explanation is that this is normal in the USA what the fuss (who cares). This happens all the time even the President walks through that area and even smokes his **** there (cigarette smoking is bad and no promotion here) and even the Secretary of [x] has entered and left through that area with the garbage. This happens all the time what the fuss. -> In diplomatic language and relationship it is a significant.

On the other side is that this slipped through the DOS cracks and was not picked up and is not out in the open. Procedure, training, management and more.

I hope you are understanding why the above is brought up. It is the skillfulness and aptitude of the DOS and international relations of the Obama administration that is being discussed. There is a assumption that DOS and USA international relations is of high quality. Are those standards being met.
 

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All said and done, it has left China hopping mad and tearing their hair!
 

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All said and done, it has left China hopping mad and tearing their hair!
Agreed. But when the news was shown to me the above (garbage) picture was prominent within the body of the article - when it ought to have been the words that were spoken. Perhaps too much is read into it (a bit like some other issues recently the Americans will say - A bit like there was only one backdoor. )
 
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All is but an extension of domestic politics. Simply put, Obama replays Lama card to show he stands up to China so as to earn some brownie points in the upcoming congressional mid-term ELECTION. Then in return the spokesperson of Chinese FM would just do the routine of condemning...

"All for appearance" - by House of Cards


What has Lama also come up with? http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2...visit-to-a-washington-shrine-to-free-markets/
 

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China summons US diplomat over Obama-Dalai meeting - The Times of India

BEIJING: China summoned US charge d'affaires here and lodged a strong diplomatic protest after President Barack Obama met the Dalai Lama at the White House despite warnings from Beijing that the meeting would damage ties.

Vice-foreign minister Zhang Yesui summoned Daniel Kritenbrink, charge d'affaires of the US embassy in China, on Friday night to lodge solemn representations for Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama disregarding China's strong opposition, the Foreign Ministry here said in a statement.

Zhang said such a wrong move gravely interfered in China's internal affairs, seriously violated the US commitment of not supporting the "Tibet independence", gravely violated basic norms governing the international relations and seriously undermined the China-US relations.

"China expresses strong indignation and firm opposition," Zhang said.

The meeting is a serious violation of the basic norms of international relations and caused serious damage to the US-China relations, the statement was quoted by the state-run Xinhua news agency as saying.

Obama offered "strong support" for Tibetans' human rights as he met the Dalai Lama.

Obama, during the meeting, extended support to the Dalai Lama's "Middle Way" approach of neither assimilation nor independence for Tibetans in China.

The US announcement of Obama's third meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader drew a sharp reaction from China, which has long opposed foreign dignitaries meeting the Dalai Lama who fled to India in 1959.

Earlier, China lodged diplomatic protest soon after the White House announced the meeting and later the foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying sought its cancellation saying it would seriously impair bilateral ties.

Hua told a media briefing that "we are deeply concerned and have lodged solemn representations with the US side."

"We must point out that Tibet-related affairs fall entirely within the internal affairs of China which allow no foreign interference. The Dalai Lama is a political exile who has long been engaged in anti-China separatist activities under the cloak of religion", she said.

"By arranging a meeting between the President and the Dalai Lama, the US side will grossly interfere in the internal affairs of China, seriously violate norms governing international relations and severely impair China-US relations," Hua had said ahead of the meeting.

Obama and the Dalai Lama - both Nobel Peace Prize laureates - have met twice before in 2010 and 2011, drawing similar protests from China.
 

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