NEW DELHI, Nov 23 – Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said yesterday US President Barack Obama was not soft on China and said he hoped he would discuss Tibet with the Indian prime minister in Washington this week. “Obama is not soft on China, he just has a different style,” the Dalai Lama told the NDTV news channel in an interview. Obama had called for a resumption of dialogue between the …
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Dalai Lama says Obama not soft on China (AP via Yahoo! News)
The Dalai Lama defended President Barack Obama from criticism that he has been too soft on China, saying Sunday that the U.S.
Dalai Lama praises Obama on Tibet issue (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday praised US President Barack Obama for taking up the issue of Tibet “very seriously” with Chinese leaders on his recent trip to China.
China warns Obama about Dalai Lama, citing Lincoln on slavery (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A Chinese government spokesman said Barack Obama should be especially sympathetic to China’s opposition to the Dalai Lama and Tibetan independence, as a black president who lauded Abraham Lincoln for helping abolish slavery.
Dalai Lama asks Obama to champion ‘liberty’ (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Dalai Lama on Friday congratulated President Barack Obama on joining him as a Nobel Peace Prize winner and called for the US leader to champion “freedom and liberty.”
Dalai Lama shrugs off apparent snub by Obama (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled religious leader, on Thursday shrugged off an apparent snub by President Barack Obama, saying he was assured Obama would raise Tibetan issues when he visits China next month.
Dalai Lama unfazed as Obama shuns meeting (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Thursday he accepted President Barack Obama’s decision to avoid him on a visit here, insisting he did not want to cause problems by upsetting China.
Obama to meet Dalai Lama after China trip (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The White House has said that President Barack Obama will meet the Dalai Lama later this year, rejecting accusations he “kowtowed” to China by avoiding the exiled Tibetan leader on his current visit.
Dalai Lama set aside by Obama, honored at U.S. Capitol (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled religious leader — brushed aside by U.S. President Barack Obama in favor of communist China — was saluted at the U.S.
Obama postpones meeting with Dalai Lama (AP via Yahoo! News)
A decision by Barack Obama to postpone his first meeting as president with the Dalai Lama is overshadowing a visit to Washington this week by the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet’s Buddhists.