China to U.S.: Quit pampering Dalai Lama

HONG KONG, July 9 (UPI) -- Hong Lei, a spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, says members of the U.S. Congress should stop supporting the Dalai Lama group in China.

"The Tibetan affairs are purely China's internal affairs, and China firmly opposes any country or any person to interfere in China's internal affairs on the Tibetan issue," Lei said in a Xinhua report.

Lei said the words and actions of the Dalai Lama over the past few decades prove he isn't just a religious figure, but also a political exile that has been engaged in activities against China.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and several other members of Congress met with the Dalai Lama Thursday during his current visit to the United States.