China anger at Dalai Lama\\\'s US Congress meeting

BEIJING, Mar 7 (AFP): China expressed anger Friday over the Dalai Lama's meeting with US congressional leaders, urging Washington to "stop conniving" with the man it brands a separatist working under the "cloak of religion".

The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Thursday delivered the customary prayer that opens each Senate session, after meeting President Barack Obama at the White House last month, a move that raised the ire of Beijing.

The Nobel laureate, who fled his Chinese-ruled homeland for India in 1959, labelled the US the "champion of democracy" and called on it to show "self-confidence".