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islander · « **on:** February 23, 2014, 03:27:25 PM »

Obama, Dalai Lama meet despite China's appeal

By Jethro Mullen, CNN
February 21, 2014

Hong Kong (CNN) -- President Barack Obama met on Friday with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, despite China's appeal not to do so.

The White House said in a statement that Obama "reiterated his strong support for the preservation of Tibet's unique religious, cultural, and linguistic traditions and the protection of human rights for Tibetans" in China.

"By arranging a meeting between the President and the Dalai Lama, the U.S. side will grossly interfere in the internal affairs of China, seriously violate norms governing international relations and severely impair China-U.S. relations," Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a statement.

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islander · « **Reply #1 on:** February 23, 2014, 03:29:28 PM »

The two have met previously

Obama has met with the Dalai Lama twice before, in February 2010 and July 2011. China responded to those meetings with similarly angry comments.

Beijing accuses the Dalai Lama of being a separatist who foments unrest in Tibet, a region it claims has been part of China since "ancient times."

The Dalai Lama, who fled to India in 1959 after a failed uprising, has long denied China's assertion that he's seeking Tibetan independence. He says he wants only enough autonomy to protect its traditional Buddhist culture.

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islander · « **Reply #2 on:** February 23, 2014, 03:30:15 PM »

The Obama administration says it supports the Dalai Lama's "Middle Way" approach to the political tensions over protests for Tibetan independence.

The White House said Obama stressed that he encourages "direct dialogue to resolve long-standing differences and that a dialogue that produces results would be positive for China and Tibetans."

Obama reiterated the U.S. position that Tibet "is part of" China and that the United States does not support Tibet independence.

The Dalai Lama stated that he is not seeking independence for Tibet and hopes that dialogue between his representatives and the Chinese government will resume.

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islander · « **Reply #3 on:** February 23, 2014, 03:30:56 PM »

Concerns over human rights

Over the past five years, at least 125 Tibetans have set themselves on fire, most of them fatally, to protest Chinese rule, according to Tibetan advocacy groups.

Beijing has taken a tough line on Tibetan self-immolators, their associates and other forms of protest. Tibetans have been convicted of murder in Chinese courts for "inciting" people to set themselves on fire.

The frequency of self-immolations declined during 2013, according to the London-based advocacy group Free Tibet.

China rejects accusations of oppression, saying that under its rule, living standards have greatly improved for the Tibetan people.

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islander · « **Reply #4 on:** February 23, 2014, 03:31:47 PM »

Beijing "lodged solemn representations" with the United States before Friday's meeting, saying "Tibet-related affairs fall entirely within the internal affairs of China which allow no foreign interference," Hua of the Chinese foreign ministry said.

A meeting between British Prime Minister David Cameron and the Dalai Lama last year cast a chill over relations between London and Beijing, delaying a visit to China by Cameron.

CNN's Steven Jiang contributed to this report.

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islander · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2014, 04:13:04 PM »

Some background on the Dalai Lama

The 14th Dalai was born as Lhamo Thondup - literally "Wish-Fulfilling Goddess" - on 6 July 1935, in a small village just outside the current boundaries of Tibet.
Picture: Roger-Viollet / Rex Features

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islander · « **Reply #6 on:** February 23, 2014, 04:16:10 PM »

Boy Saint: The Dalai Lama as a young child in the 1930s, after he was recognised as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama at the age of two.

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islander · « **Reply #7 on:** February 23, 2014, 04:17:14 PM »

His life was changed forever when, at the age of three, Lhamo Thondup was identified by a search party of Buddhist officials as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, the latest in a line that stretches back to 1391. He was separated from his parents and transferred to a monastery to study, later recalling the pain of separation from his mother but his good fortune that his elder brother was already studying in the same place. In 1940 Lhamo Thondup was officially installed as spiritual leader of Tibet and, after shaving his hair, was inducted as a novice monk, assuming the new name, Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso.
Picture: Roger-Viollet / Rex Features

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islander · « **Reply #8 on:** February 23, 2014, 04:18:41 PM »

In November 1950, still only aged 15, the Dalai Lama was enthroned as Tibet's temporal leader in a ceremony in Lhasa and spent most of the next decade trying to avoid a full-scale military takeover of Tibet by Chinese forces. Picture: AP

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islander · « **Reply #9 on:** February 23, 2014, 04:19:43 PM »

13 October 1954: The Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, shakes hands with Chinese leader Mao Zedong, shortly after Mao's selection as chairman of the People's Republic of China, at the first National People's Congress in Beijing, China Picture: AP

When the Dalai Lama was just fifteen China invaded Tibet and full political power was foisted on him. Despite a meeting with Mao and numerous efforts towards a peaceful agreement with the invaders, in 1959 the Dalai Lama was forced to flee his country.

Pursued by chinese troops he and his family undertook a tortuous trek to safety through the mountains, only to hear when he arrived in India the news of tens of thousands Tibetans slaughtered, and 6,000 desecrated monasteries. (Andrew Cowe, The Dalai Lama Story - The Making of a World Leader, http://www.justfocus.org.nz/)

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islander · « **Reply #10 on:** February 23, 2014, 05:13:19 PM »

With Nelson Mandela, 1996

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islander · « **Reply #11 on:** February 23, 2014, 05:20:39 PM »

In London, with Prime Minister David Cameron and and his deputy, Nick Clegg. May, 2012. Photograph: Downing Street/PA

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