China condemns Dalai Lama's visit to Mongolia China criticised Mongolia on Wednesday for playing host to Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, who Beijing brands a separatist. Evacuations, transport havoc as typhoon hits China Typhoon Prapiroon has slammed into southern China forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people as the region braced for carnage. Shanghai summit opens with Iran crowding the agenda The leaders of China, Russia and four Central Asian nations have begun their annual summit in Shanghai with Iran's nuclear program threatening to crowd out all other agenda items.