The Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism's spiritual leader, insists his successor will be born outside China, challenging Beijing's ...

The 89-year-old Buddhist monk’s declaration comes as Tibetan authorities—both sacred and secular—prepare to square off against China’s atheist Communist Party, which insists it alone has ...

The Dalai Lama’s successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new book, raising ...

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, has declared that his reincarnation will be born outside China, directly challenging Beijing’s claim that it alone can appoint his successor. Traditionally, senior ...

Journey to the West is not only a seminal work in Chinese literature but a prime example of early intellectual, cultural and diplomatic exchange between China and India. The novel, written by Wu ...

This year's two sessions reveal the region is continuing to develop new and innovative cultural travel experiences. Beyond ...

Before you pop by the pharmacy to grab a pack of lozenges, visit the nearest herbal tea shop and ask for some monk fruit tea ... ball can be found in many Chinese herbal medicine shops.

And that includes cultural development. The two sessions are often hailed as China's largest and most important annual political gathering. But they also have massive cultural consequences because ...