The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader issues a landmark announcement as he turns 90, ending years of uncertainty.

Over the years, Beijing has cultivated a group of senior Tibetan lamas loyal to its rule, including the Panchen Lama, the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama himself.

For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet’s struggle for greater freedoms under ...

But he's not recognised by the Tibetans, he's not seen as the real and legitimate successor of the 10th Panchen Lama. So the Tibetans don't buy into that and reject the one selected by the Chinese.

The CCP is expected to try to hijack the succession, as it did in 1995 when it put up its own candidate for Panchen Lama, the ...

The CCP is expected to try to hijack the succession, as it did in 1995 when it put up its own candidate for Panchen Lama ... As for Tibetans, the Dalai Lama's succession plan "will illuminate the real ...

As his 90th birthday approaches this Sunday, the spiritual leader for millions of followers of Tibetan Buddhism worldwide is bracing for a final showdown with Beijing: the battle over who will ...

Ruled by an ancient theological order of Buddhist monks, Tibet had no army worth its name and was quickly overrun. China’s ...

Followers and supporters of the Dalai Lama say China’s efforts at influencing the succession are doomed to failure. “Many of us have never seen Tibet, but the Dalai Lama gives us roots.