CHINA / DIPLOMACY By Li Decheng Published: Jan 02, 2021 09:45 PM
A replica of the golden urn and ivory slips bestowed by the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty to the Eighth Dalai Lama is on display at a museum in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, August 11, 2014. Photo: cnsphoto On December 27, US President Donald Trump signed the so-called Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020 - a bill grossly interfering in China s internal affairs. The bill claimed that the person who reincarnates has sole legitimate authority over where and how he or she takes rebirth and how that reincarnation is to be recognized and if there is a need for a 15th Dalai Lama. It also smeared the Chinese government s handling of the reincarnation process, which is in accordance with the law, as a violation of so-called religious freedom.