washington u.s. president barack obama meet dalai lama white house wednesday move certain anger china consider exile tibetan buddhist spiritual leader dangerous separatist obama dalai lama meet privately 10:15 a.m. 1415 gmt white house statement say early tuesday china warn unite state stick promise support separatist activities interview reuters monday dalai lama say possible would meet obama tuesday taiwan announce new president would make transit stop unite state next week chinese foreign ministry spokesman lu kang say issue touch one china policy basic diplomatic tenet refer taiwan tibet part china beijing insist foreign governments recognize lu say unite state say oppose taiwan independence recognize tibet inseparable part china demand u.s. government earnestly stand promise conscientiously handle relevant issue accordance one china principle give space individual behavior try create two chinas one china one taiwan split china say obama meet dalai lama latter visit washington 2014 anger china vow strong support tibetans human right dalai lama say want genuine autonomy tibet rather independence tell reuters obama long-time friend admire work normalize relations cuba iran recent visit former u.s. foe vietnam site hiroshima atomic bomb japan ask beijing peking might respond meet dalai lama say know ask think peking ... generalize peking different view people realistic view hardline narrow-minded taiwan president tsai ing-wen transit miami way panama one island diplomatic ally stop los angeles return taiwan deputy foreign minister javier ching-shan hou say china suspicious tsai assume office last month also head pro-independence democratic progressive party travel abroad sensitive taiwanese leaders anger china see exert sovereignty tsai trip run june 24 july include paraguay obama meet dalai lama white house wednesday