Figure 1.-- Gedhun Choekyi Nyima born in was born in Lhari County, Tibet (1989). This was the same year that the Panchen Lama died in mysterious circumstances. The Dalai Lama declared Gedhun the boy the 11th Panchen Lama (1995). The Panchen Lama ( པཎ་ཆེན་བླ་མ། , ) is a tulku meaning 'reincarnate custodian' of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Panchen Lama is one of the most important figures in the Gelug tradition, with its spiritual authority second only to that of the Dalai Lama. 'Panchen' is an abbreviation of 'Pandita' and 'Chenpo', meaning 'Great scholar'. The expectation is that he would one day become Tibet's spiritual leader. Three days later after he was declared Panchen Lama, Chinese authorities assembled a carefully selected search, appointed by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. Communist authoritie took the 6-year old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and his family into what they PRC Government described as 'protective custody', essen\ially kidnapping him. He has not been seen in years.

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima born in was born in Lhari County, Tibet (1989). This was the same year that the Panchen Lama died in mysterious circumstances. The Dalai Lama declared Gedhun the boy the 11th Panchen Lama (1995). The Panchen Lama ( པཎ་ཆེན་བླ་མ། , ) is a tulku meaning 'reincarnate custodian' of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. Panchen Lama is one of the most important figures in the Gelug tradition, with its spiritual authority second only to that of the Dalai Lama. "Panchen" is an abbreviation of "Pandita" and "Chenpo", meaning "Great scholar". The expectation is that he would one day become Tibet's spiritual leader. Three days ately after he was declared Panchen Lama, Chinese authorities assembled a carefully selected search, appointed by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. Communist authoritie took the 6-year old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and his family into what they PRC Government described as 'protective custody', essentially kidnapping him. The Chinese were taking no chances that he might esacpe their clutches and flee into mIndia like the Dalai Llama. He ha not been seen in public since May 17, 1995. No one knows where he is or what the Chinese have done with him. He may not even be alive. On his 30th birthday, the issot of Chinese occipation of Tibet made headlines. Age enhanced rendeings of what the boy might look like today swirled through the media. The Chines harsj\hly criticized 'foreign medlings in their domestic affairs'. The Chinese clim that he aatended school and is living a nirmal, life. Only no one has seen his since his kidnapping. Little wonder that Hon Kong people are so concerned about being extrif\dited to China.

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