Now, China is waiting for the current Dalai Lama – who is over 75 and has had bouts of ill health in recent years – to pass away, so that it can anoint his successor, too. But the Dalai Lama, the charismatic face of the Tibetan movement, has made it clear that his successor will come from the “free world,” thereby excluding Chinese-ruled Tibet.
如今，中国正坐等现年已75岁并疾病缠身的达赖喇嘛圆寂，以便选定其继任人。但达赖喇嘛这个西藏运动的标志性人物已经明确表示他的继任者将来自“自由世界”而非中国统治下的西藏。这意味着可能出现两个对立的达赖喇嘛，分属于中国和西藏流亡政府。