"Six years after the death of Renji's father, the Dalai Lama and his senior monks identified a boy named Gedhun Choekyi Nyima in the Tibetan town of Naksu as his reincarnation.
Beijing moved swiftly. Six months later, its religious officials staged a ritual that selected another six-year-old, Gyaltsen Norbu, as the new Panchen Lama.
The Dalai Lama's choice, and his family, vanished. "