{"id":18032,"date":"2008-03-05T10:44:39","date_gmt":"2008-03-05T17:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/03\/china-says-tibetan-lama-too-young-to-be-mp\/"},"modified":"2008-03-05T12:33:36","modified_gmt":"2008-03-05T19:33:36","slug":"china-says-tibetan-lama-too-young-to-be-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/03\/china-says-tibetan-lama-too-young-to-be-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"China Says Tibetan Lama Too Young To Be MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gyaltsen Norbu, the Tibetan youth chosen by China to be the 11th <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panchen_Lama\">Pachen Lama<\/a>, or Tibet Buddhism&#8217;s second-highest ranking figure, will not become a member of this year&#8217;s parliament, as <a href=\"http:\/\/in.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idINIndia-31919620080213?pageNumber=3&amp;virtualBrandChannel=0&amp;sp=true\">previously reported,<\/a> because he is too young. China has been grooming the youth for higher political office, allowing him to meet with a top official <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/01\/chinas-panchen-lama-makes-rare-appearance-meets-with-top-chinese-legislator\/\">last month<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSPEK20217020080304?pageNumber=1&amp;virtualBrandChannel=0\">Reuters<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sources had said Beijing&#8217;s choice, Gyaltsen Norbu, who turned 18 last month, could become a member of the elite Standing Committee of the National People&#8217;s Congress, or parliament, as early as this month.<\/p>\n<p>But parliamentary spokesman Jiang Enzhu said on Tuesday that the youth was not 18 when elections were held.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8221;As far as I know, the Panchen Lama was not yet 18 when elections &#8230; were held. So he is not on the list of deputies this time,&#8221; Jiang said.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s state media have not mentioned elections, and Jiang did not elaborate on when they took place.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Norbu, however, is not recognized by Tibetans as the true reincarnation of the previous Panchen Lama. Another boy, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gedhun_Choekyi_Nyima\">Gedhun Choekyi Nyima<\/a>, who was chosen by the exiled Dalai Lama and has not been seen in public since 1995, is believed to be the &#8220;youngest political prisoner&#8221; of the Chinese government by international human rights groups. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gyaltsen Norbu, the Tibetan youth chosen by China to be the 11th Pachen Lama, or Tibet Buddhism&#8217;s second-highest ranking figure, will not become a member of this year&#8217;s parliament, as previously reported, because he is too young. 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