US lawmakers meet with Dalai Lama in India’s Dharamshala, sparking anger from China

US lawmakers meet with Dalai Lama in India's Dharamshala, sparking anger from China

DHARAMSHALA, India — A bipartisan United States congressional delegation met with the Dalai Lama Wednesday at his residence in India's Dharamshala, sparking anger from China which views the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a dangerous separatist.

Nancy Pelosi meets with Dalai Lama in latest move expected to anger China

The former speaker had previously enraged Beijing by visiting Taiwan

Pelosi’s meeting with Dalai Lama in India irks China

The visit to the residence of the spiritual leader comes a week after the US passed a bill to “resolve” tensions between China and Tibet

US lawmakers' meet with Dalai Lama in Dharamshala draws China's ire

China, which maintains Tibet is part of its territory, denounced "external interference" and said that matters in the Himalayan territory were "purely China's domestic affairs."

US lawmakers’ visit with Dalai Lama sparks China anger

A congressional delegation that met with the Dalai Lama this week has sparked anger from China, which also pushed back on recent U.S. legislation urging the country to mend ties with the spiritual leader. The bipartisan congressional delegation, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), met with the Dalai Lama on Wednesday…

US lawmakers meet Dalai Lama as China slams visit

New Delhi — A group of U.S. lawmakers met the Dalai Lama in India’s northern town of Dharamshala Wednesday, amid cheers from Tibetans in exile and an angry reaction from China, which calls the Tibetan spiritual leader a separatist and a splittist. The visit follows the passage last week of a bill by the U.S. Congress that seeks to encourage dialogue between Beijing and Tibetan leaders in exile, who have been seeking more autonomy for Tibet. Talk…