By Laurie Chen and Krishna N. Das BEIJING/DHARAMSHALA, India (Reuters) -Weeks before the Dalai Lama ruled out China's role in choosing his successor, President Xi Jinping met a Tibetan Buddhist monk installed three decades ago by Beijing as the faith's No.

While the world debates the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation, the fate of the Panchen Lama, Tibetan Buddhism’s second-most important figure, stands as a chilling precedent of China’s plan. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima,

In an exclusive interview with India Today Global, Sikyong Penpa Tsering, President of the Central Tibetan Administration, addresses critical questions surrounding the succession of the Dalai Lama as His Holiness approaches his 90th birthday.