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Norbu Dunzhub, a senior Chinese official, has told Reuters that the Panchen Lama, who was abducted 20 years ago at the age of six, is “being educated, living a normal life, growing up healthily and does not wish to be disturbed”. He continued, “The identification was done without authorisation. It was illegal and invalid”, referring to the Dalai Lama’s recognition of Gendun Choekyi Nyima as the Panchen Lama.
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