India-China & Tibet question: Battle for control of Mongolian teen's body & soul enters critical phase

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China would like to control the appointment, and thus secure its position in Tibet. There are experts, however, who believe that the Dalai Lama could "emanate" his soul into the body of a US-born Mongolian teenager as the tenth Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa, the head of the Janang tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and the Buddhist spiritual head of Mongolia. The question hung like a shadow over the G20 Summit as it was skipped by China President Xi Jinping. New Delhi: In July this year, when the Dalai Lama turned 88, the celebrations were underpinned by a difficult question. Who will succeed…