A senior Chinese leader has cancelled a proposed trip to Britain after Prime Minister David Cameron met the Dalai Lama recently ignoring Beijing's warning that any such meeting would have "serious consequences" for U.K.-China relations, according to several media reports.
China's chief legislator Wu Bangguo, who is chairman of the standing committee of China's National People's Congress, is on a tour of Europe.
Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg met the Dalai Lama in London earlier this month.
At the time, China's foreign ministry said the meeting had "seriously interfered with China's internal affairs".
The reports said Wu has held talks with EU leaders including Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on his current tour of Europe.
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