World IN BRIEF : CHINA : U.S. Is Criticized for Supporting Tibet
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Beijing accused the U.S. government of covertly supporting Tibetan independence, focusing on a meeting between President Clinton and the Dalai Lama. The accusation, which came in an official New China News Agency commentary, was the second time in four days that China had criticized Clinton’s Sept. 13 meeting with Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader. “Covertly the U.S. government and the Congress have been backing the separatist activity of the Dalai Lama for a long time,” the agency said.
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