WASHINGTON: Sidestepping Chinese opposition, US President Barack Obama will meet the Dalai Lama at the White House on Wednesday, a move likely to infuriate China which considers the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader as a separatist. "In the morning, the President will meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the White House," said the presidential schedule on Tuesday.The meeting is to be held in the Map Room of the White House. They sought to undermine the devotion of the Tibetan people to the Dalai Lama and control the process of selecting Buddhist leaders," Delbene said. "The Chinese government has blamed the Dalai Lama and "foreign forces" for self-immolations instead of looking at how their own policies created such deep grievances," she said. "The Chinese government also expanded its efforts last year to transform Tibetan Buddhism into a state-managed institution.

Source: Times of India June 15, 2016 02:45 UTC