China has objected to Union Minister Kiren Rijiju's remarks that the Dalai Lama alone should decide his reincarnation, urging India to honour its commitments on Tibet and stay clear of “anti-China ...

China views control over the Dalai Lama as critical to cementing its authority over Tibet. While he has long advocated a ...

He was born on July 6, 1935, to a farming family, in a small hamlet located in Taktser, Amdo, northeastern Tibet. The Dalai Lama belongs to the Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, which is the ...