US President Barack Obama will meet the Dalai Lama at the White House Wednesday, a move condemned by China which portrays the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader as a dangerous separatist, AFP reports.
Obama has met the Dalai Lama several times before and calls the monk "a good friend," but the pair will - as usual - talk behind closed doors in an effort to avoid Beijing's ire.
China, which accuses the Nobel peace laureate of using "spiritual terrorism" to seek independence for Tibet, expressed displeasure over the visit to the United States.