Norway’s Politicians Shun Dalai Lama Seeking Detente With China

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Norway’s ruling politicians may refuse to meet with the Dalai Lama when he visits Oslo next month to avoid angering China.

The hesitation is part of an effort to ease tensions with the world’s second-largest economy that have festered since Norway’s Nobel committee awarded jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo the Peace Prize in 2010.