{"id":29333,"date":"2008-12-06T22:07:11","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T05:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=29333"},"modified":"2008-12-07T01:29:16","modified_gmt":"2008-12-07T08:29:16","slug":"french-leaders-planned-meeting-with-dalai-lama-sparks-backlash-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/12\/french-leaders-planned-meeting-with-dalai-lama-sparks-backlash-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"French Leader’s Planned Meeting with Dalai Lama Sparks Backlash in China"},"content":{"rendered":"
French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s meeting with the Dalai Lama has met fierce criticism in the Chinese blogosphere. Xinhua <\/strong>reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n “The Tibet issue touches on China’s core interests. Anyone crossing that line will have to pay for it, and that is not something people from China and France would like to see,” a Chinese netizen who identified himself as Qiu Jianming said in a forum on news.cn, a major news site.<\/p>\n Added another: “It is not the first time that France has used the Tibet issue to interfere with China’s internal affairs. The disruption of the Olympic torch relay in Paris this April alone was unpleasant enough. We will not compromise one bit when it comes to China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”<\/p>\n […]The online backlash is the latest in a string of rows targeting France.<\/p>\n The disruption of the Olympic torch relay in Paris this April sparked a boycott of French products and enterprises including the Carrefour retail chain, which denied claims that it supported the Dalai Lama. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n