China spent decade to install state-backed 15th Dalai Lama: Report
China has spent a decade preparing to install a state-backed 15th Dalai Lama, News18 reported citing sources. "This was aimed to neutralise the Tibetan resistance…China is expected to intensify ideological campaigns, arrests and surveillance within Tibetan monasteries," it added. Dalai Lama has decided that Gaden Phodrang Trust will identify his successor, ruling out China's role in selection.