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China Warns Dalai Lama About Choosing Successor

Following the Dalai Lama’s announcement that he would determine the procedure for finding his successor when he is about 90 years old, and that the Chinese government would have no role in the process, Beijing has fired back, calling his actions “illegal” under Chinese law. From VOA:The Chinese foreign ministry warned the Dalai Lama Monday that only Beijing can approve his successor. Chinese