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President Barack Obama will meet with the Dalai Lama despite China's warning

VideoassistentenFebruary 3, 2010

The White House has confirmed President Barack Obama will meet with the Dalai Lama despite China's warning that doing so would hurt ties already strained by US weapons sales to Taiwan. China has threatened to impose sanctions on American firms over the arms sales, and says it is "resolutely opposed" to any meeting between Obama and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.

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