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Dalai Lama's successor requires approval by Beijing: China's white paper on Tibet
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TIBET, 21 May 2021, (TON): China on Friday asserted that any successor to the existing Dalai Lama should have an approval by Beijing, ruling out recognition to any heir nominated by the India-based Tibetan spiritual leader or by his followers.
The reincarnation of the Dalai Lama and other grand Living Buddhas has been subjected to approval by the central government since the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), claimed an official white paper issued by the Chinese government.
The document has also asserted that Tibet was an inseparable part of China since ancient times. It said,
"In 1793, after dispelling Gurkha invaders, the Qing government restored order in Tibet and promulgated the Imperially Approved Ordinance for Better Governance of Tibet, improving systems by which the central government-administered Tibet," the white paper titled 'Tibet Since 1951: Liberation, Development and Prosperity."
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