ASSESSMENTS

China, France: A Problem Larger than Tibet

May 7, 2009 | 19:14 GMT

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Summary

China has voiced its displeasure with a reported plan by the city of Paris to grant the Dalai Lama honorary citizenship. China's problems with France run deeper than this one issue, however, and Beijing's response is likely to take an economic shape.

Plans to offer the Dalai Lama honorary citizenship in Paris likely will provoke an economic response from China....

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