Beijing-Appointed Panchen Lama pledges to “sinicise” Tibetan buddhism to Xi Jinping

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Tsering Dhundup

DHARAMSHALA, June 7: The Beijing-appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, widelt known as “fake Panchen” pledged to support the Chinese Communist Party’s campaign to “sinicise” Tibetan Buddhism during a face-to-face closed door meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday.

Norbu, appointed by Beijing as the 11th Panchen Lama in 1995 after the Dalai Lama’s recognized Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was kidnapped and forcibly disappeared by the Chinese government, reiterated his support for the Communist Party’s agenda to integrate Tibetan ...

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