Mar 3rd
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BBC News – China raises profile of Dalai Lama rival ‘Panchen Lama’
China has appointed its choice of Panchen Lama, traditionally the second most important man in Tibetan Buddhism, to a top legislative advisory body.
Reported by state media, it raises the profile of China’s rival to Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, whom China considers a dangerous separatist.
The Chinese government chose Gyaincain Norbu to be the Panchen Lama in 1995.
But he is not widely accepted by Tibetan Buddhists as the true reincarnation of the Panchen Lama.
The Tibetan boy selected by the Dalai Lama in the same year, Gendun Choekyi Nyima, disappeared soon afterwards – he and his family have not been seen since.
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