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Dalai Lama appointed by China 'is going to be a fake one', exiled former Tibetan leader says

France 2422 October 2026, 10:22 UTCPeople's Republic of China

In an interview with FRANCE 24, exiled former Tibetan leader Lobsang Sangay said any successor to the Dalai Lama appointed by China "is going to be a fake one". He also likened Beijing's ethnic unity law to "an ethnic erasure", said Tibetan concerns had been "downgraded a bit" in US-China talks and accused China of failing to warn of the deadly August floods on the Nepal-Tibet border.

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