Reports: Pope to meet with Dalai Lama in December

... and in the same breath, China begins its protestations:

• CNA: Meeting between Pope, Dalai Lama "offensive" to China
• CWNews: Beijing warns against papal meeting with Dalai Lama
• AsiaNews.it: “Special and significant” the Pope’s meeting with the Dalai Lama
• Reuters: Dalai Lama diplomacy will not change Tibet: China