China warns Obama not to meet Dalai Lama

China warns the US president not to meet with the Dalai Lama as it will harm ties between the two counties.

According to the White House though, Barack Obma intends to meet the Dalai Lama.

The Dalai Lama is the head of Tibetans in exile.

Talks between China and the Dalai Lama’s representatives have yielded little progress.

Chinese Communist Party official Zhu Weigun said about the meeting: "It will seriously undermine the foundations of Sino-US political relations." Mr Zhu also said: "If [the meeting] does happen we will take corresponding action to make relevant countries see their mistakes," he said.

These comments come straight after a disagreement between China and the US about the sale of American military equipment worth $6.4bn to Taiwan, an island China considers its own.

The meetings between China and the Tibetans are still divided, this being nothing new according to Mr Zhu. In the meetings the Tibetans again went over their hopes for the introduction of greater freedom in the Himalayan region.

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