China says it's suspending all contact with Czech President Petr Pavel. The decision announced Tuesday follows Pavel's ...

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China’s government declared this week that it has “indisputable” authority over the selection of the next Dalai Lama, ...

The discovery of the next Dalai Lama will be carried out by the Chinese government, and not under the current Dalai Lama's ...

The Chinese government will oversee the reincarnation of the next Dalai Lama, a Chinese Communist Party committee official ...

"The reincarnation and succession of the Dalai Lama is inherently an internal affair of China," said Yu Jing, spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in India – the country where the Dalai Lama has ...

The Dalai Lama has been living in exile in India since 1959 following a failed uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet.

China’s government insists that the Panchen Lama will play a key role in picking the next Dalai Lama. Tibetan exiles say the Panchen Lama has input into the selection, but is not the sole decider.

The clash is a long time in the making with the Dalai Lama insisting the Chinese government will have absolutely no say in the selection.

China doesn’t recognize the Tibetan government-in-exile and brands the Dalai Lama a dangerous separatist. It has shunned direct contact with his representatives for more than a decade.

"The reincarnation and succession of the Dalai Lama is inherently an internal affair of China," said Yu Jing, spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in India — where the Dalai Lama has lived in ...

In 1959, a failed uprising saw the Dalai Lama flee Tibet for northern India, where he set up a government in exile, which China has since refused to recognize.