President Barack Obama on Thursday met the Dalai Lama behind closed doors in the White House's Map Room, an event set to test the US-China relationship in an already turbulent year.
The Chinese foreign ministry issued a terse statement on Friday restating its objections: “The US grossly violated the norms governing international relations and ... went against the repeated commitments by the US government that it recognises Tibet as part of China”.
Cui Tiankai, the deputy foreign minister, said he had summoned US ambassador Jon Huntsman “to lodge solemn representations”, according to state-controlled Xinhua news agency.
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