China insisted the Dalai Lama's next reincarnation must follow Beijing laws, but the Tibetan leader's office asserted the Gaden Phodrang Trust alone holds the power to decide the Budhist monk's successor.

New Delhi: A day after the 14th Dalai Lama announced his succession plan, India on Thursday said the next Tibetan spiritual leader would be "chosen only by the present one and with the established...