WASHINGTON D.C.: President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama will be a few strides from each other at the same ballroom event on Thursday, but amid fierce Chinese pressure it’s not clear if they will actually meet.

Obama and the Tibetan spiritual leader are slated to attend a high-profile National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, raising the prospect of a first public meeting.

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