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Dalai Lama Marks 90th Birthday by Reasserting Reincarnation Rights Against China

A public peace prayer in McLeod Ganj underscored his claim that only his India-based office may choose his successor with vocal backing from Washington to New Delhi.

Das geistige Oberhaupt Tibets, der Dalai Lama, leitet die Feierlichkeiten zu seinem 90. Geburtstag
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Overview

  • Thousands of devotees gathered in McLeod Ganj on July 6 for a public peace prayer to mark his 90th birthday.
  • He reaffirmed that only his Gaden Phodrang Foundation in Dharamsala may identify the next Dalai Lama, directly defying Beijing’s Golden Urn tradition.
  • The Chinese government continues to brand him a separatist and insists it will appoint a successor under its 2007 reincarnation law.
  • Senior U.S. and Indian officials publicly backed the exile office’s authority over the selection process for the 15th Dalai Lama.
  • The succession dispute intensifies geopolitical tensions over Tibetan spiritual leadership and cultural autonomy.