BEIJING (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy risks "hard-won" gains in ties with Beijing if he meets the Dalai Lama, a Chinese government spokesman warned on Friday, raising tensions a day before the two powers attend a financial summit.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said his government "resolutely opposes foreign leaders engaging in any form of contact" with Tibet's exiled Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, whom it calls a "splittist" for advocating self-determination for his homeland.
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