Against the Dalai Lama, the CCP Deploys the False Panchen Lama

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While the world focused on the celebration of the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday and his announcement about his succession, the CCP deployed its fake Panchen Lama, sending him to Tibet to perform unusually solemn ceremonies. While broadcast on state television, the events drew a relatively small crowd, showing that few take the false Panchen Lama seriously in Tibet. The impostor, identified as the Panchen Lama by the CCP but not recognized by the Dalai Lama, arrived at Lhasa Airport on June 27. Etiquette staff offered him chema—a mixture of roasted barley flour, butter, and sugar. As cameras rolled, the fake Panchen Lama scooped some barley from the chema and tossed it into the air, chanting a mantra to bless, he said, Tibet’s diverse populations.

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