US lawmakers meet Dalai Lama as China slams visit  

The Dalai Lama speaks with former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during their meeting at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India, June 19, 2024. (Tenzin Choejor/Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama/Handout via Reuters)

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.