China insists on approving the next Dalai Lama. However, the current Dalai Lama says the selection should follow Tibetan Buddhist traditions. He reite

China asserts that the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama must receive central government approval, despite the spiritual leader's opposition to this process.

The exiled spiritual leader said only the organization that he founded can recognize the future reincarnation as anxiety mounts over whether Beijing will interfere with the process.