Dalai Lama get the snub from Obama

Nobel peace prize winner Dalai Lama will not get to meet with President Obama on his visit to Washington. This is the first time a President has failed to meet with the Buddhist monk since he started visiting in 1991. Owing China all that money must come with a price.

The Telegraph reported:

It means Mr Obama will become the first president not to welcome the Nobel peace prize winner to the White House since the Dalai Lama began visiting Washington in 1991.

The Buddhist monk arrived in Washington on Monday for a week of meetings with Congressional leaders, celebrity supporters and interest groups, but the president will not see him until after he has made his first visit to China next month.

Samdhong Rinpoche, the Tibetan prime minister-in-exile, has accused the United States and other Western nations of “appeasement” toward China as its economic weight grows.