Chinese Foreign Ministry Panchen Lama mentions "He is an ordinary Chinese" May 20, 9:02
A boy recognized by Panchen Lama, the second-highest leader in Tibetan Buddhism from the Supreme Leader Dalai Lama XIV, has been criticized by the U.S. government for 25 years ago The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China explained, “I am already working as an ordinary Chinese” and reiterated my position as a religious leader.
Panchen Lama is the second-highest leader in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama, and was killed by his predecessor Dalai Lama XIV in India in 1995 after the death of his predecessor in 1989. In the year, the boy, who was 6 years old at the time, was certified as Panchen Rama 11th.
However, the Chinese government immediately recognized another boy as Panchen Rama 11 and the Dalai Lama 14 certified boy has since disappeared.
US Secretary of State Pompeio said on the 18th that 25 years had passed since he could not find his whereabouts and criticized that "the whereabouts should be clarified."
On the other hand, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Zheng, explained in a press conference on the 19th, "He is an ordinary Chinese. He passed the university and is already working now." I reiterated my position of not accepting it.
He then repelled the United States by saying, "I hope that the issue of Tibet will not be used as an excuse to interfere with China's domestic affairs."