Any meeting between Barack Obama and Dalai lama would harm US-China relations, says Chinese official.
China has warned US president Barack Obama not to meet Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. Photograph: Ashwini Bhatia / AP
Any meeting between President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama would harm bilateral relations, China warned today while repeating Beijing's refusal to discuss Tibet's status with the spiritual leader's envoys.
An Obama meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader would "seriously undermine the political foundation of Sino-US relations," said Zhu Weiqun, executive deputy head of the Communist Party's United Front Work Department in charge of recent talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives.
