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As exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama approaches his 90th birthday, he asserted on Wednesday that there will be ...
China, which considers the current Dalai Lama a separatist, has asserted that only Beijing has the authority to decide who his successor will be.
Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said that the 600-year-old institution would continue after his death, a ...
Current Dalai Lama rejects Chinese authority over the process, while China claims control over selection via the urn. The row ...
China said on Wednesday that the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama "must be approved by the central government," after Tibet's ...
Mark Peploe, who has died in Florence aged 82, was a British screenwriter who worked frequently with such giants of European ...
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self-interest,” and I would add—by the need to engage in conflict. From the blood-soaked soil of ancient Sumer to ...
It was built by the Yongle emperor, the third Ming ruler (r. 1403-1424). He declared himself emperor and consolidated his power in Beijing, moving the capital some 620 miles from Nanjing in 1403.
Mao was a better rebel leader than emperor and his 18 years of misrule killed over fifty million Chinese and made an anemic economy even weaker. After Mao, there was reorganization rather than chaos ...
Larry Kudlow discusses the trade dispute between the U.S. and China, highlighting that President Donald Trump's maximum tariff pressure is the only way to stop Xi's imperial ambitions.
And then he added: Xi Jinping is much more than a president of China – he sees himself as an emperor of China. With even greater powers than Mao Zedong ever had. Mr. Xi has an ironclad grip on all ...