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Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Tibet to mark the 60th anniversary of the consolidation of Beijing’s long-contested rule over the Himalayan territory

The project on a river that runs through Tibet and India downstream could dwarf the Three Gorges Dam when completed.

As the Dalai Lama turns 90, China prepares to name a rival successor. But the spiritual leader’s soft power has already thwarted Beijing’s efforts to erase Tibet’s identity.

As the 14th Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday with thousands of Tibetan Buddhists, there’s already tension over how the next spiritual leader will be selected. Controversially, the Chinese government has suggested it wants more power over who is chosen.

COMMENT: The Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday shines a spotlight on Beijing’s long-held antipathy towards organised religion – and how succession plans might renew Xi’s plans for a reckoning with Tibet and beyond, writes Michael Day

On 6 July, Tenzin Gyatso, whom Tibetans believe to be the 14th reincarnation of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, celebrates his 90th birthday. Earlier this week, he announced that the 600-year-old institution would continue after his death and that his office would name his successor. However, Beijing may have…

Calling himself a "simple Buddhist monk" who usually didn't celebrate birthdays, the Dalai Lama marked his 90th on Sunday by praying for peace after China insisted it would have final say on who succeeded the Tibetan spiritual leader.

Thousands of Tibetan Buddhists gather in Dharamshala, India, to celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday

The spiritual leader has said his inner circle of monks will find an heir, but China believes the choice is in its hands