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The two Panchen Lamas: China's role in Tibet and the clash with the Dalai Lama
Weeks before the Dalai Lama ruled out China's role in choosing his successor, President Xi Jinping met a Tibetan Buddhist ...
Dalai Lama, god-king for Tibetan Buddhists, will have a successor. That decision is consequential
The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for ...
Dalai Lama lays out succession plan, pledging reincarnation as China eyes interference
The Dalai Lama announces succession plans ahead of 90th birthday, hinting the next Tibetan Buddhist leader should be chosen ...
China Warns India to Choose Its Words Carefully on Dalai Lama and Tibet
The exchange highlighted how the process of identifying the next Dalai Lama could add fresh tensions to relations between the ...
At 90, the Dalai Lama braces for final showdown with Beijing: his reincarnation
For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet’s struggle for greater freedoms under ...
Conflict is brewing over who will succeed the Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama is turning 90 and has announced that he will be reincarnated – but China also wants to choose his successor.
With Future in Doubt, 90-Year-Old Dalai Lama Says He Will Not Be the Last
The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader reaffirmed that he would have a successor after his death, amid doubts about the ...