Dalai Lama says his successor to be born outside China

FILE - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama sits on his ceremonial chair after he arrived at the Tsuglakhang temple to give a sermon at the request of a Buddhist group from Taiwan in Dharamshala, India, Sept. 30, 2024.

The Dalai Lama's successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new book, raising the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control of the Himalayan region he fled more than six decades ago.