How we could end up with two Dalai Lamas

The Dalai Lama will address a major three-day gathering of Buddhist religious figures this week ahead of his 90th birthday. His followers have been waiting several months for the Tibetan spiritual leader to share details about his succession — a move that could upset China. Beijing views the Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, as a separatist, and says it will choose his successor. The Dalai Lama has said his successor will be born outside China and urged his followers to reject anyone chosen by Beijing. "What’s very clear is that there…