Seeking a meaningful autonomy for Tibet, the Dalai Lama today asked China to shed its one-sided approach and adopt a more holistic view on the issue. <br/><br/>The Tibetan Spiritual leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner told this to reporters in Washington today after meeting Obama and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the White house.<br/><br/>US President Barack Obama who met the Tibetan spiritual leader ignoring strong Chinese objections and commended Dalai Lama's middle way approach in resolving the Tibetan issue. <br/><br/>After his meeting with Obama, the Dalai Lama said he wanted a meaningful, sort of, autonomy so that they can preserve the Unique, Tibetan culture and heritage, including their language. <br/><br/>The Dalai Lama said Tibet has a tradition of a thousand years, so has China, but the new revolution like cultural rules during that period had deliberately destroyed traditional Chinese values, including Buddhism.<br/><br/>Earlier, after over an hour long meeting with the Dalai Lama, US President Barack Obama renewed his support for the preservation of Tibet's unique religious, cultural and linguistic identity and protection of human rights of Tibetans. <br/><br/>Meanwhile, China has lashed out at the US, terming its engagement with the Dalai Lama as a gross violation of international norms. <br/><br/>Beijing has summoned the American Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman to lodge representations over the meeting.