Beijing, China (CNN) -- China summoned the U.S. ambassador on Friday to express its "strong dissatisfaction" over the Dalai Lama's meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama a day earlier. China didn't disclose what was discussed during the session with Ambassador Jon Huntsman at the Foreign Ministry. But Beijing had warned that a meeting between the president and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader would damage its ties with Washington. "The Chinese side expresses strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to this meeting," a spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry said in a statement after Thursday's meeting at the White House. "China demands the U.S. seriously consider China's stance, immediately adopt measures to wipe out the adverse impact, [and] stop conniving and supporting anti-China separatist forces."
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China expresses its "strong dissatisfaction" over Dalai Lama meeting to U.S. ambassador
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Dalai Lama met with U.S. President Barack Obama a day earlier at the White House
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China appealed for U.S. to "stop conniving and supporting anti-China separatist forces"
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Beijing regards the Dalai Lama as a separatist who wishes to sever Tibet from China
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