China lodges representation with US over planned Obama-Dalai Lama meeting

BEIJING - China has lodged diplomatic representations with the United States over a planned meeting between US President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama at the White House on Wednesday, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.

It is reported that Obama and the Dalai Lama will meet privately in the Map Room at 10:15 am on Wednesday.

"Chinese Foreign Ministry has already made a representation to the US Embassy in China," spokesperson Lu Kang told a daily news briefing.

If the US side arranges such a meeting, it will send a wrong signal to Tibet separatist forces and harm China-US mutual trust and cooperation, Lu said.