Dalai Lama Says His Successor Won’t Be Picked By China

The Dalai Lama on Wednesday affirmed that he should have a successor and said the next Dalai Lama should be chosen by the Gaden Phodrang Trust, a non-profit group that he set up — rejecting moves by China to steer his succession.

The decision, he said in a statement that he read aloud during the opening day of a three-day...