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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 07 > Chinese rule in Tibet creates specter of dueling dalai lamas

Chinese rule in Tibet creates specter of dueling dalai lamas

By Edward Wong / The Bulletin
June 7, 2009

DHARAMSALA, India — For centuries, the selection of the re-incarnation of the Dalai Lama has been steeped in the mysticism of a bygone world.

On the windswept Tibetan plateau, his closest aides look for divinations in a sacred lake. A mountain god transmits oracular messages by....

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