U.S. President, George W. Bush has received the visit of Dalai Lama on Tuesday and will appear in public along with him on Wednesday, thus ignoring China’s objections.

A White House spokesman, Gordon Johndroe, has confirmed Tuesday’s meeting, adding that Bush and Dalai Lama spent 30 minutes together in the yellow oval office.

The same as the previous meetings, Bush talked with Dalai Lama not in the Oval Office, where he receives the visits of other state presidents, but in his private apartments, with the obvious intention of not irritating China even more.

China’s irritation will reach its peak on Wednesday, when the American President will attend at a public ceremony in the honor of the Tibetan leader, where he will be awarded with the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor.

This was categorized by China’s officials, foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao, as an action that "seriously violates the fundamental rules of international relations, hurts the Chinese people's feelings and grossly interferes in China's internal affairs."

"China has expressed strong dissatisfaction and opposed the US action," Liu said, adding that Beijing had made "repeated representations" to Washington over the Dalai Lama's visit.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino declared that the Chinese President Hu Jintao was informed by Bush a month ago that the latter one would receive Dalai Lama’s visit.

Bush will be the first American President who will appear in public next to Dalai Lama. The ceremony will take place at the Capitol building, where the Tibetan leader will be awarded the congressional Gold Medal, the highest US civilian honor.

Other people who were given this award were Martin Luther King, Pope John Paul II and Nelson Mandela.