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The Tibetan people will need to determine who the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is.

As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use.

One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China's Communists.

Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.

The beliefs concerning reincarnation have great ethical impact on human life and our relationship to the world.

I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.

During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people.

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

The Chinese view the state, not just as an intimate member of the family... but as the head of the family.