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How the Dalai Lama’s succession plans could clash with China
Ahead of his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama announced plans for his successor, but China said it already knows who will be next in line to be the spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. NBC News’ Janis Mackey Frayer has the details.
Why Tibet & Dalai Lama make China nervous
Even as the Dalai Lama has called for a ‘middle way’ approach, the Communist Party of China (CPC) cannot come to terms with the idea of co-existing with Tibetans as its totalitarian ethno-nationalist state has no room for a non-Han group or leader — and certainly not for someone like the Dalai Lama whom his followers revere like a god.
At 90, the Dalai Lama is still one of the world's most powerful spiritual leaders, writes Pico Iyer. Here’s why.
China protested against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wishes to the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday at the celebrations in ...
The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for ...
The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed popular uprising against Chinese control, and relocated to northern India, ...
For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet’s struggle for greater freedoms under ...
The Dalai Lama is turning 90 and has announced that he will be reincarnated – but China also wants to choose his successor.
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