'The US seriously interfered in China's internal affairs by allowing the Dalai's visit to the United States and arranging the meetings with US leaders,' Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement.Read: U.S. plays down tension with China, upbeat on military exchanges Read: China left fuming as Obama meets the Dalai Lama
'We urge the US to take China's concerns seriously, stop tolerance and support of anti-China separatist forces, cease interfering in China's internal affairs and immediately take measures to eliminate its baneful influence to avoid further impairment to China-US relations.'
Beijing considers Tibet an integral part of its territory and regards the Dalai Lama as a separatist.
The meeting went ahead, however, with Obama on Friday offering his 'strong support' for the protection of Tibetans' human rights in China.
'China expressed strong indignation and firm opposition' to the 'erroneous acts' of the US in interfering in China's internal issues, the ministry quoted Zhang as saying.
The ministry statement identified the US official by a Chinese name, but the official Xinhua news agency in an English-language report gave his name as Daniel Kritenbrink.
'Tibetan issues fall purely into the domestic affairs of China,' Zhang said. 'The US has no right to interfere.'
The meeting with the Dalai Lama 'will seriously sabotage China-US relations and surely impair the interests of the US itself,' he said.
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