China tells U.S. to not support Dalai

BEIJING, July 28 (UPI) -- China Monday objected to U.S. Republican presidential contender John McCain's meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said "relevant people" in the United States should stop "supporting and conniving" with the Dalai Lama and separatist forces for "Tibet independence," Xinhua news agency reported.

Referring to McCain's reported meeting last Friday with the Dalai Lama, Liu said, "China is seriously concerned about the report," adding the Tibet issue is China's domestic affair.

He said China's opposition to the Dalai Lama conducting separatist activities in any country with any individual and opposition to anyone making use of the Dalai Lama issue to interfere in China's domestic affairs should be clear.