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The President of the United States, Barack Obama, meets with the Dalai Lama despite warnings from China to cancel the meeting.
2014-02-21

U.S. President Barack Obama chooses a Washington, D.C. lawyer, Clifford Sloan, with experience in all three branches of government to be the U.S. State Department's Special Envoy for closing the military-run prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
2013-06-16

U.S. president Barack Obama and Chinese president Xi Jinping begin a two-day meeting of Sino-American relations.
2013-06-7

ABC News reports that President Barack Obama will nominate the United States Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke as the next United States ambassador to the People's Republic of China.
2011-03-7

Nations including the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France, the People's Republic of China, Russia, Italy and Greece evacuate their citizens from Libya.
2011-02-23

At least seven people are killed and fifteen injured in a 100-vehicle pile up in southwest China.
2010-12-27

Hackers based in China access classified Indian documents, emails of the Dalai Lama, offices of the United Nations and the Pakistani embassy in the United States.
2010-04-6

United States President Barack Obama meets with the Dalai Lama amid opposition from China.
2010-02-18

Representatives of the Dalai Lama head to Beijing for the first discussions with Chinese authorities in 15 months.
2010-01-25

China rejects criticism by the United States of its internet controls, saying it could harm relations between the two countries.
2010-01-22