Where does China say the missing Panchen Lama is?”
China says missing Panchen Lama is living in Tibet BEIJING — A boy who disappeared after being named Tibetan Buddhism’s second-highest figure by the Dalai Lama is living with his family somewhere in Tibet, the Himalayan region’s Chinese-appointed governor said Sunday. Speaking to reporters in Beijing, Padma Choling gave no other details about the boy, Gendun Choekyi Nyima, saying only that his siblings were studying at a university or working in regular jobs. “As far as I know, his family and he are now living a very good life in Tibet,” Padma Choling said at a news conference on the sidelines of China’s annual legislative session. “He and his family are reluctant to be disturbed, they want to live an ordinary life.” Gendun Choekyi Nyima, 20, was named the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama in 1995 by the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism’s highest figure whom Beijing reviles. He and his family, who are from a remote part of Chinese-controlled Tibet, have not been heard from since. Instead,
