# China-appointed Dalai Lama successor would be ‘fake’, exiled Tibetan leader says

https://mins.news/en/video/110916

- France 24 English, 2026-10-22 10:23 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XqlIfefMNw

> Exiled former Tibetan leader Lobsang Sangay told FRANCE 24 that any Dalai Lama successor appointed by China would be “fake.” He compared Beijing’s ethnic unity law to “ethnic erasure,” said Tibetan concerns had been downgraded in US-China talks, and accused China of failing to warn about deadly August floods on the Nepal-Tibet border.

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