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China "has no choice but to react" to French leader's Dalai Lama meeting: Foreign Ministry

BEIJING, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- After the French announced their leader would meet the Dalai Lama, China had no choice but to react, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said here Friday in a statement.

France made the announcement brushing aside China's stance and bilateral relations, Qin said.

He said China attached great importance to the 11th China- European Union Summit scheduled to take place in France in early December, and had made active and intensive preparations for it. But the French leader, Nicholas Sarkozy, whose country currently holds the EU rotating presidency, announced he ...

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