Ninth Panchen Lama (1883–1937), The: A Life at the Crossroads of Sino-Tibetan Relations Politics College Station

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Ninth Panchen Lama (1883–1937), The: A Life at the Crossroads of Sino-Tibetan Relations Politics College StationBy Fabienne Jagou Translated by Rebecca Bissett Buechel This biography of the Ninth Panchen Lama, the second highest spiritual authority in Tibetan Buddhism, offers new insights into the tumultuous history of the relations between China and Tibet at the start of the twentieth century. It demonstrates how the Panchen Lamas flight from his monastery on the night of December 22, 1923, remains an essential characterizing event of Tibets modern history. In