U.S. President Barack Obama signs an Executive Order calling for streamlining the export and import process for America's business while aboard Air Force One while flying to Mexico, February 19, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China urged the United States on Friday to scrap plans for President Barack Obama to meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama later in the day, warning it would "seriously damage" ties between the two countries.
The White House National Security Council said Obama would meet the Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, at the White House on Friday in a show of concern about China's human rights practices.
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