Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday: Succession Plan Announced Amidst Tightened Chinese Grip on Tibet
Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday: Succession Plan Announced Amidst Tightened Chinese Grip on Tibet As the Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday this week, the exiled spiritual leader has announced a much-anticipated succession plan, declaring that his successor will be chosen after his death, from the “free world.” This pivotal announcement, made on Wednesday, sets the stage for a direct confrontation with Beijing, which insists the next Dalai Lama must be approved by the Chinese Communist Party. While hundreds of followers…