{"id":72556,"date":"2010-05-14T11:13:53","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T18:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=72556"},"modified":"2010-05-14T11:13:53","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T18:13:53","slug":"chinas-panchen-lama-visits-earthquake-zone-state-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/05\/chinas-panchen-lama-visits-earthquake-zone-state-media\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s Panchen Lama Visits Earthquake Zone: State Media"},"content":{"rendered":"
The man selected by Beijing to be the Panchen Lama has visited the Qinghai earthquake zone<\/a> to lead prayer services for residents. From AFP<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n \nThe visit by Gyaincain Norbu, chosen by Beijing as the Panchen Lama after it rejected a boy selected by the exiled Dalai Lama, comes after China snubbed a request by the Tibetan spiritual leader to be allowed into the quake area.<\/p>\n The 6.9-magnitude quake struck April 14, killing more than 2,000 people and flattening thousands of homes in the ethnically Tibetan region of Yushu in northwestern China.<\/p>\n