The Dalai Lama, reincarnation and China’s mounting Tibet problem

Mongolian-American boy unveiled as the third most important spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism

Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama has quietly announced that the tenth reincarnation of the Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoché has been found
(Image credit: Illustrated/Getty Images)

An American-Mongolian boy has been identified as the tenth incarnation of the Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoché, the third highest-ranking spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism.

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 Sorcha Bradley is a writer at The Week and a regular on “The Week Unwrapped” podcast. She worked at The Week magazine for a year and a half before taking up her current role with the digital team, where she mostly covers UK current affairs and politics. Before joining The Week, Sorcha worked at slow-news start-up Tortoise Media. She has also written for Sky News, The Sunday Times, the London Evening Standard and Grazia magazine, among other publications. She has a master’s in newspaper journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in political journalism.