BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama plans to meet Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Feb. 18, a move immediately denounced by China.
The Obama administration delayed meeting the Dalai Lama, who has lived in exile since a failed Tibetan uprising in 1959, until after Obama's November visit to Beijing so as not to inflame tensions with China, which accuses the monk of separatism.
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