Asia Sentinel, 27 Nov 2008
Beijing cancels a longstanding meeting with the EU over the Dalai Lama
China's cancellation Wednesday of a long-planned annual EU-China summit appears to stem partly from recognition of its new economic might as lender of last resort in the global financial crisis as well as the culmination of three years of deteriorating political relations with the European Union.
Beijing’s pique, following EU leaders’ refusal, in particular French President Niolas Sarvozy, to abandon meetings with the Dalai Lama, deals another severe blow to worsening EU-China relations as well as dashing prospects of closer cooperation in addressing the current global financial and economic crisis.
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