Word: gynincain
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...Lama, the second-highest religious leader in Tibet. In an effort to lend legitimacy to its 45-year rule of Tibet, China has unearthed an obscure 1792 agreement they say gives the government, rather than the Dalai Lama, the right to choose the Panchen Lama. Wednesday, the government chose Gynincain Norbu, born six years ago when the 10th Panchen Lama died, as the "legitimate" 11th incarnation of the Panchen Lama. With the Dalai Lama in exile, the Panchen Lama is the chief religious leader in the country, and TIME's Meenakshi Ganguly reports that the battle for his position...
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