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...