China Takes a Predictably Harsh Line on Obama’s Meeting With the Dalai Lama

Hannah Beech, TIME | February 2, 2015

To Beijing, a breakfast isn’t simply a breakfast. It’s tantamount to backing Tibetan independence

It took three days for China’s official media to react to the news that the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, will join U.S. President Barack Obama at a National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5. But Beijing’s response, now that it has finally come, is not joyous.

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