China angered by McCain-Dalai Lama meeting

China has expressed “serious concern” about a meeting between US Republican presidential candidate John McCain and the Dalai Lama.

China opposed the Dalai Lama going to any country to attempt to “split” China, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in a notice posted on the ministry’s website.

The notice was in response to a 45-minute meeting on Friday between Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader and Mr McCain in Colorado. McCain called on China to release Tibetan prisoners and account for any people who “disappeared” during the recent uprising against Chinese rule.