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Get other Popular Fiction hereThis adventurous novel takes the reader to the mystical lamasery in Tibet where the white python is worshipped by underworld creatures and the high priestess Gynia. It is another saga by Mark Channing where our hero is the British Secret Service Agent Colin Gray. General Dalziell of the British Foreign Office sends our hero to Tibet to defeat an outlaw called Choijieff. Choijieff plans to take over Tibet kill the Dalai Lama and make himself the king of Tibet to fulfill an ancient prophecy. Will our hero succeed? Comments (0)

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China warned on Thursday that multi-billion-dollar trade ties with France could be affected by President Nicolas Sarkozy’s planned meeting with the Dalai Lama.

We attach great importance to our strategic partnership with France, as well as our business relations with France. These two points are closely related, foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told reporters.

Liu was responding to a question about the potential impact on trade of Sarkozy’s planned meeting with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

Only under the condition of good bilateral relations can we create a sound atmosphere for our business relations.

Liu again urged Sarkozy to take steps to repair ties, presumably by cancelling the meeting, or risk long-term harm to bilateral relations.

Sarkozy is set to meet the Dalai Lama in Poland on Saturday, despite repeated calls by Beijing to scrap the encounter.

France should really work hard to change this situation, which will determine the development of our bilateral relations, Liu said.

The Dalai Lama insists he only wants greater autonomy for Tibet under Chinese rule, and not independence.

Beijing objects to foreign leaders meeting with the Dalai Lama, who it maintains is trying to win independence for his Himalayan homeland, which has been under Chinese rule since 1951. France currently holds the rotating EU presidency.

China has already retaliated by cancelling an EU-China summit that was set for this week.

Trade between China and France was worth 33.

China also postponed talks on finalising a deal for 150 Airbus passenger planes, a spokesman for the European aircraft maker said last week, but Liu’s comments raised the prospect of more serious economic fallout.66 billion dollars last year, up 33.66 billion dollars last year, up 33.

Liu warned that the Tibet row had stirred resentment among Chinese consumers, who earlier this year staged anti-France protests and boycotts of French goods in a previous uproar over Tibet.

Among the high-profile French business interests in China are nuclear firm Areva, flagship car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroen, retail chain Carrefour and engineering company Alstom.

Internet forums, often the only form of public expression for Chinese, have filled recently with anti-French comments.

Due to the French side’s erroneous position, the Chinese people are quite discontent, he said, adding: We hope the Chinese public will remain calm toward China-France relations.com posted a petition condemning Sarkozy that drew more than 82,000 online signatures earlier in the week, while blogs have called for boycotts of French goods.

A forum on government-run China.

Those actions came after Sarkozy linked his attendance at the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony on progress in talks between Beijing and the Dalai Lama’s envoys on the future of Tibet. .

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There was also anger in China about protests over a Chinese military crackdown on unrest in Tibet that disrupted the international Olympic torch relay in Paris and several other cities

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose country holds the EU presidency, said Thursday he will meet the Dalai Lama next month during a visit to Poland.

The Dalai Lama is a distinguished man, a man who inspires profound respect and I will have the opportunity to see him in Poland on December 6, Sarkozy said.

During a visit to France in August, the Dalai Lama met Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, human rights minister Rama Yade and first lady Carla Bruni.

The Tibetan spiritual leader and Sarkozy will both be attending ceremonies in Poland to mark the 25th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Lech Walesa, the anti-communist union activist who later became president.

China maintains that a meeting with the Dalai Lama at an official level is tantamount to meddling in internal affairs.

But Sarkozy declined a meeting with the Buddhist leader after Beijing warned that such direct contact would have serious consequences for bilateral relations.

The Tibetans should not be subjected to repression and, like everyone else, they have a right to freedom, Sarkozy said at the Elysee palace.

Beijing accuses the Dalai Lama of seeking independence for Tibet but the exiled leader has said he is seeking autonomy and religious freedom, not secession.

One does not justify the other, of course.

But at the same time, should we sever contact with one billion three hundred million Chinese who have made unquestionable progress over the past decade? Sarkozy added. . But if we do not go to Beijing, if we do not discuss, if we do not share our concerns, if we do not progress step-by-step, then how will we ensure that the idea that we have of respect for rights and freedoms will prevail? he said.

But Sarkozy decided to attend the ceremony and has since sought to put relations on a stronger footing.

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