On October 5, the Dalai Lama started his five-day trip to the U.S. capital city of Washington. However, U.S. President Barack Obama has refused to meet with the Dalai Lama, breaking an 18 year tradition of the Dalai Lama meeting the U.S. president during... ...full story at People's Daily
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