June 19, 2024 1:17 PM

US lawmakers meet Tibet’s Dalai Lama, warn China on choice of successor

A group of U.S. lawmakers who met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala on Wednesday said they would not allow China to influence the choice of his successor, comments expected to anger Beijing which calls him a separatist. They also signalled that Washington would pressure Beijing to hold talks with Tibetan leaders, stalled since 2010, to resolve the Tibet issue with a bill President Joe Biden is expected to sign soon. The bipartisan group of seven, led by Michael ...