Word: panchen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Recent arrivals from Tibet report that Red China has now dropped even the pretense that Communist rule in Tibet has the approval of the Panchen Lama. First employed by the Chinese as a puppet against his traditional rival, the Dalai Lama, the Panchen Lama is now a prisoner in Suthilinga palace in Lhasa, suspected of organizing the underground. Meanwhile, Tibetans estimate that the Chinese have carried off $420 million worth of monastery valuables, turning many a wrecked temple into a dance hall or military head quarters...