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Obama defies Beijing to meet Dalai Lama.

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| February 17, 2010 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Guardian Unlimited)

President Barack Obama is to go ahead with talks with the Dalai Lama at the White Housetomorrow in spite of the risk of further inflaming US-Chinese relations, currently at a low ebb.

The White House is keen to make the meeting as low-key as possible and declined to say today whether a decision had been taken over whether to televise the initial exchanges.

The meeting comes after weeks in which tension has grown between the countries over the increasing trade imbalance and a proposed US sale of military equipment to Taiwan.

China, which opposed the meeting between Obama and Tibet's spiritual leader, has hinted at …

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