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Every year, the Dalai Lama's birthday draws thousands to Dharamshala,
the mountain town in northern India that's become the centre of Tibetan life in exile.
This year, as ever, the streets were packed with Buddhist followers and monks in orange robes,
there to mark the 90th birthday of the spiritual leader.
But this year there was a palpable sense of anticipation.
As the Dalai Lama gets older, the battle to choose his successor is underway.
And it's no longer just a spiritual matter for one religion in one part of the world.
It's a geopolitical standoff.
The Dalai Lama says only his trusted Tibetan inner circle can decide who comes next.
But China says it's their decision.