Dalai Lama’s succession cannot be politically appointed, certainly not by CCP, says Scottish MP Chris Law

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 30: Scottish National Party MP Chris Law, a long-time parliamentary advocate for Tibet, has categorically rejected China’s claim to authority over the succession of His Holiness Dalai Lama, stating that the Tibetan spiritual institution “cannot be politically appointed—certainly not by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).”

Speaking in an interview with The Print, Law framed Beijing’s insistence on controlling the reincarnation process as a direct assault on Tibetan Buddhism itself, warning that any state-appointed successo...

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