China blames France, EU for summit cancellation, By Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press Writer , Nov 27, 2008.
BEIJING – China said Thursday French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to meet with the Dalai Lama — hated by Beijing — left it no option but to pull out of an upcoming China-European Union summit.
“We resolutely oppose the Dalai traveling to other countries in any capacity to carry out activities aimed at splitting China. We resolutely oppose foreign leaders having any form of contact with the Dalai,” Qin said.
The cancellation, first announced Wednesday by would-be summit host France, was a dramatic example of the lengths to which Beijing will go to try to internationally isolate Tibet’s exiled Buddhist leader.
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