# China-appointed Dalai Lama successor would be “a fake one,” exiled former Tibetan leader says

https://mins.news/en/item/110913

- France 24, 2026-10-22 10:22 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte/20261022-dalai-lama-appointed-by-china-is-going-to-be-a-fake-one-exiled-former-tibetan-leader-says

> Exiled Tibetan leader Lobsang Sangay told FRANCE 24 that anyone China selects to succeed the Dalai Lama would be “a fake one.” He called Beijing’s ethnic unity law “an ethnic erasure,” said Tibetan concerns were “downgraded a bit” in US-China talks, and accused China of not warning about deadly August floods on the Nepal-Tibet border.

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