The clash is a long time in the making with the Dalai Lama insisting the Chinese government will have absolutely no say in ...

At 90, the Dalai Lama is still one of the world's most powerful spiritual leaders, writes Pico Iyer. Here’s why.

Ahead of his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama announced plans for his successor, but China said it already knows who will be ...

China's Foreign Ministry criticizes U.S. stance on Tibet, rejects Dalai Lama's authority, and asserts control over succession ...

When India is maintaining an arms-length on the issue of Dalai Lama's reincarnation, 'Core Group for Tibetan Cause', headed ...

China scolded U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after he extended birthday wishes to the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, and told Washington to "stop meddling".

China is planning for the death of the globally admired spiritual leader. The United States should prepare as well.

The reincarnation question is thus part of a wider ideological battle: Spiritual authority versus state control, freedom of ...

On March 31, 1959, 23-year-old Dalai Lama, clutching a small satchel and flanked by loyal followers, crossed into India from ...

The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday surrounded by thousands of followers, who thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, ...

That means that reincarnation is not merely a spiritual issue, but lies at the intersection of geopolitics, sovereignty and legitimacy. The Dalai Lama’s declaration reasserts the political agency of ...

Traditionally, the Dalai Lama is chosen through deeply rooted Tibetan Buddhist reincarnation rituals. However, Beijing aims to replace this sacred process with a state-controlled, government-approved ...