China has reacted to the announcement from the Dalai Lama that he will be reincarnated after his death and a successor will be appointed. The Tibetan spiritual leader ended years of speculation by saying Wednesday that the next Dalai Lama should be found and recognized according to past Buddhist traditions,

Dalai Lama, on his 90th birthday this week, is expected to issue a significant statement on the crucial issue of his reincarnation, and hence of his successor. Beijing, however, insists that the Chinese government alone has the sole right to determine both whether the Dalai Lama will reincarnate and in whom he will incarnate (“The looming succession battle over the Dalai Lama”,