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China protests US meeting with Dalai Lama in India

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets devotees at the Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharmsala, India, in this undated photo. [AP Photo]

China has protested a weekend meeting between the Dalai Lama and the U.S. coordinator for Tibetan affairs, saying on Monday that "no external forces have the right to interfere" in the affairs of Tibet.

Uzra Zeya, U.S. special coordinator for Tibetan issues who is also the U.S. undersecretary for civilian security, democracy and human rights, met Sunday with the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, which China annexed in 1950.

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