China cannot pick the next Dalai Lama, only Tibetan Buddhists can, says US Amb. Brownback

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China cannot pick the next Dalai Lama, only Tibetan Buddhists can, says US Amb. Brownback November 19, 2020 [ultimatesocial count="true" networks="facebook,twitter,google,print,mail"] Sam Brownback, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington. Photo/AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool Dharamshala: Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback has opposed China’s intervention in picking the next Dalai Lama saying, “The United States supports – that religious community has the right to pick their own leadership. That certainly includes the next Dalai Lama”. Ambassador Brownback was addressing the 2020 Ministerial to Advance Freedom of...