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The Latest Breaking News from Tibet

China and India spar over Dalai Lama’s succession

Beijing warns New Delhi against interfering in its ‘domestic affairs’

The Independent UK

Dalai Lama, god-king for Tibetan Buddhists, will have a successor. That decision is consequential

The Dalai Lama has often called himself a simple monk, but millions of his Tibetan Buddhist followers have worshipped him for decades as a near deity

The Independent UK

Tibetans in exile wonder: Will the next Dalai Lama be as charismatic as this one?

The Dalai Lama has announced that he intends to reincarnate, paving the way for a successor to take on a mantle stretching back 500 years after his death

The Independent UK

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How will the next Dalai Lama be chosen?

The next spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism may be chosen differently

Evening Standard

Inside the Dalai Lama’s succession and what it means for China and the Tibetan struggle

As he turns 90 this week, the Dalai Lama has announced that he will be reincarnated, setting his followers on a collision course with China. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar speaks to activists and the president of the Tibetan government-in-exile about what this means for the future of Tibetan Buddhism

The Independent UK

Dalai Lama confirms he will have a successor after his death

In a rebuke to China, the Tibetan spiritual leader says only his foundation has the power to recognise his successor.

Al Jazeera

How will the next Dalai Lama be chosen – and who could it be?

Dalai Lama confirms that a successor will be chosen. Here’s how – and why it matters to Beijing, Washington, New Delhi.

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Dalai Lama Says He Will Have Successor After His Death

The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet confirmed Wednesday that he will have a successor when he dies, reassuring Buddhist followers around the globe that the 600-year-old institution of the Dalai Lama will continue.

International Business Times

The Dalai Lama says he plans to reincarnate after his death

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending years speculation that started when he indicated that he might be the last person to hold the role

The Independent UK

Dalai Lama Suggests Institution To Continue At 90th Birthday Launch

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, gave on Monday the strongest indication yet that the 600-year-old institution would continue after his death, at prayer celebrations for his 90th birthday.

International Business Times

Tibetans Face Up To Uncertain Future As Dalai Lama Turns 90

Tibetans in exile celebrate the 90th birthday of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama next week, an occasion overshadowed by uncertainty about the future of the role and what it means for their movement.

International Business Times

China’s Everest obsession: following Mallory’s footsteps a century on, I saw how tourism and climate change are transforming the mountain

To the discerning eye, other mountains are visible – giants between 23,000 and 26,000 feet high. Not one of their slenderer heads even reaches their chief’s shoulder. Beside Everest they escape notice, such is the pre-eminence of the greatest. (George Mallory, 1922)

The Conversation

Hong Kong bans mobile game about overthrowing communist regime

Game lets players pledge allegiance to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Tibet, or Uyghurs

The Independent UK

China's Panchen Lama pledges loyalty to the Communist Party in a meeting with Xi

State media in China says that the man picked by Beijing as the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged adherence to the ruling Communist Party during a rare face-to-face meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

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Ancient DNA fills ‘critical gap’ in genetic history of Tibetans

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Archaeologists finally crack origin mystery of Tibet’s ‘ghost ancestors’

Study confirms China’s Yunnan province as key crossroads of human migration

The Independent UK

China accused of ‘indoctrinating’ Tibetan children from age of four with state-run boarding schools

Group says lives of Tibetan children are ‘irrevocably altered to serve the purposes of the Chinese government’

The Conversation

Disaster authoritarianism: how autocratic regimes deal with earthquakes

An earthquake that struck south-east Asia in late March is thought to have killed more than 3,000 people in Myanmar, a country ruled by a military junta that has blocked humanitarian aid and continued waging war on quake-ravaged rebel territory.

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The Independent UK

Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes southwest Tibet

No casualties have been reported so far

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At The Doorstep Of Tibet: I Traveled And Photographed The Uncharted Part Of Western Sichuan (25 Pics)

I travel from Seda to Yaqing and Dzongsar - Western Sichuan neighbors Tibet on its western edge and most parts of this region are historically connected with Tibet.

International Business Times

As Dalai Lama Approaches 90, Tibetans Weigh Future

When the Dalai Lama turns 90 in July, the Buddhist monk, who for many exiled Tibetans personifies dreams of a free homeland, will ask if they want a successor.

The Independent UK

China retaliates with travel restrictions on US officials after Tibet visa curbs

Beijing lashes out at Washington’s ‘arbitrary visa restrictions on Chinese officials’

The Conversation

China plans to build the world’s largest dam – but what does this mean for India and Bangladesh downstream?

China recently approved the construction of the world’s largest hydropower dam, across the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet. When fully up and running, it will be the world’s largest power plant – by some distance.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer meets the Dalai Lama

SCOTTISH Greens MSP Ross Greer travelled to India to meet exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama.

The Independent UK

Dalai Lama says his successor will be born in ‘free world’ outside China

Dalai Lama warns any Beijing-appointed figure will lack legitimacy

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