Taiwan bars Dalai Lama from visit

Taiwan has decided to bar the Dalai Lama from entering the island, triggering an angry response from a women's organisation that had invited him to a meeting there next month, officials said yesterday.
The Taiwan chapter of the Federation of Business and Professional Women, headed by former vice president Annette Lu, said the move reflected fear of angering China, which sees the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader as a separatist.
Taiwan's foreign ministry confirmed that they would not allow the visit, but denied China had anything to do with the decision.