The Dalai Lama: Six Decades of Spiritual Leadership

Dalai Lama
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Dinner Diplomacy
A conversation before lunch in 1955 between, from left to right, China's Prime Minister Chu En lai, Panchen Ngoerhtehni, President Mao Zedong,14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, and Chinese Vice President Liu Shao chi. A banquet was organized on the celebration of the Tibetan New Year by the Dalai-Lama and Panchen.

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