China condemns Obama meeting with Dalai Lama

China condemned US President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying it was "strongly dissatisfied" and expected Washington to take steps to put bilateral relations back on a healthy course.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said in a statement issued early on Friday that the meeting between Obama and the exiled Tibetan leader shunned by Beijing "violated the US government's repeated acceptance that Tibet is a part of China and it does not support Tibetan independence". (Reuters)