Donald Trump signs Tibet policy to preempt Chinese move on Dalai Lama’s succession; China firmly opposes
By Lalit K Jha and K J M Varma WASHINGTON/BEIJING: US President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that reaffirms the right of Tibetans to choose a successor to the Dalai Lama and calls for establishing an American consulate in Tibet, prompting China to warn that the act will seriously disrupt and hurt […]
China has no theological basis to pick the next Dalai Lama: US
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: China has no theological basis to pick the next Dalai Lama, according to a top US diplomat, asserting that the Tibetan Buddhists have successfully picked their spiritual leader for hundreds of years. I travelled to Dharamshala, India to speak to the Tibetan community that were assembled there in exile and […]