After a failed anti-Chinese uprising in 1959, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama fled the region and set up a government-in-exile in India. Angwang, 33, was ordered to be held without bail at an initial court hearing on Monday.

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China firmly opposes foreign official’s contact with the Dalai Lama in any form," the embassy said in an e-mailed response to questions.

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Tibetan Buddhism has developed this idea of the bodhisattva further into identified lineages of rebirths called “tulkus.” Any person who is believed to be a rebirth of a previous teacher, master, or leader, is considered a tulku. China also wants to appoint its own Dalai Lama. China’s threats to manipulate the selection process is believed to be a way to impose control on the Tibetan people. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?

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According to the court documents, Angwang reported on the activities of Chinese citizens in the New York area since at least 2014, and scouted for potential intelligence sources within the Tibetan community. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment.

Copyright © 2010–2020, The Conversation US, Inc. An undated photo of the future Dalai Lama of Tibetan Buddhism, born Lhamo Dhondrub on July 6, 1935. When the search party, consisting of the 13th Dalai Lama’s closest monastic attendants, arrived at his house, there were immediate signs that this was the one they were looking for. In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian indicated that the US government should step back from ‘internal’ affairs with the Tibet-related issues in a bid to avoid further damage to the already spiralling relations between both nations.

A 2-year-old boy, named Lhamo Dhondup, was just the right age for a reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama, based on the time of his death. However, after a few days his head had tilted to the east, and a fungus, which was viewed as unusual, appeared on the northeastern side of the shrine containing the body.

“Hong Kong affairs are China’s internal affairs, and no foreign country has the right to interfere.

In light of China's recent plan to further tighten grip over Tibet, US Democrat Presidential Nominee Joe Biden has said that he will arrange a meeting with Dalai Lama and his administration will sanction Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses in Tibet, if he is voted to power to become the next US president. The Dalai Lama is confident that no one would trust the Chinese government’s choice. Tibetan Buddhism has hundreds, if not thousands of such lineages, but the most respected and well-known is the Dalai Lama.

As a little boy, he remembers asking for the rosary beads the monk wore around his neck.