China has no role to play in choosing Dalai Lama’s successor, says new head of Tibetan govt-in-exile


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Updated on : Saturday, May 15, 2021, 8:21 PM IST China has no role to play in choosing Dalai Lama’s successor, says new head of Tibetan govt-in-exile Penpa Tsering Tibetan Journal The next president of the Tibetan government in exile said on Saturday that China’s government can have no role in choosing the next Dalai Lama, especially since its communist leaders don’t even believe in religion whereas the succession of the Tibetan spiritual leader is a deeply religious matter. Penpa Tsering’s election as the head of the executive branch of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) was announced on Friday. Tsering’s...