-- BEIJING -- Ratcheting up its control over Tibetan Buddhism, China Friday claimed the sole right Friday to recognize living Buddhas, reincarnations of famous lamas that form the backbone of the religion's clergy.**********
All future incarnations of living Buddhas related to Tibetan Buddhism “must get government approval,” the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing the State Administration for Religious Affairs.
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Scores of people were arrested in a traditionally Tibetan area of western China following public calls for the return of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, reports said Friday.An ugly, repressive regime apparently bent on poisoning the world.
Police and army reinforcements were sent to the town of Lithang in western Sichuan province following the incident Wednesday at an annual horse festival that attracts thousands, according to the overseas monitoring group International Campaign for Tibet and the U.S. government-supported Radio Free Asia.
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