{"id":22206,"date":"2008-07-28T05:25:29","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T12:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=22206"},"modified":"2008-07-28T17:27:34","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T00:27:34","slug":"china-swipes-at-mccain-over-dalai-lama-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/07\/china-swipes-at-mccain-over-dalai-lama-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"China Swipes At McCain Over Dalai Lama Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
From AFP<\/a>:<\/p>\n China warned US presidential candidate John McCain on Monday to stop “supporting and conniving with” the Dalai Lama, saying that meeting the Tibetan spiritual leader hurt Sino-US relations.<\/p>\n The call came after the Republican hopeful met the Dalai Lama on Friday during the latter’s visit to the United States, praising him as a “transcendent international role model and hero”.<\/p>\n “China is seriously concerned about the report,” foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said<\/a> according to a statement on the ministry’s website, adding that the Tibet issue was China’s domestic affair.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n