China On Next Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama is likely to visit Jammu and Ladakh next week as part of a two-day tour even as India on Thursday rejected China's criticism over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday greetings to the Tibetan spiritual leader.

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama-the spiritual leader of Tibetans, who lives in exile in India-turns 86 in July. The choice of his successor is shaping up to be a struggle between India and the U.S. on the one hand and China on the other.

As Tibetans start grappling with the once unthinkable prospect of the octogenarian Dalai Lama's passing, the United States is looking to lay down a red line against China handpicking his successor.

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will visit Britain next week and again in September but will not meet any officials, his office said on today, just ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip to the country in October.

US President Barack Obama will appear in public at an event attended by the Dalai Lama next week in Washington, the White House said on Friday, in a move sure to anger Beijing.

China's foreign ministry said on Monday that it approved of a decision by Norway's prime minister and foreign minister not to meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama when he visits next month.

The Dalai Lama is likely to visit Jammu and Ladakh next week as part of a two-day tour even as India on Thursday rejected China's criticism over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday greetings to the Tibetan spiritual leader.

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama-the spiritual leader of Tibetans, who lives in exile in India-turns 86 in July. The choice of his successor is shaping up to be a struggle between India and the U.S. on the one hand and China on the other.

As Tibetans start grappling with the once unthinkable prospect of the octogenarian Dalai Lama's passing, the United States is looking to lay down a red line against China handpicking his successor.

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will visit Britain next week and again in September but will not meet any officials, his office said on today, just ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip to the country in October.

US President Barack Obama will appear in public at an event attended by the Dalai Lama next week in Washington, the White House said on Friday, in a move sure to anger Beijing.

China's foreign ministry said on Monday that it approved of a decision by Norway's prime minister and foreign minister not to meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama when he visits next month.