then china rolled out the fake panchen lama , gyaltsen norbu , a sophomore chosen as the reincarnation of a major buddha by the atheist communist leaders and practiced after childhood to spout buddhist slogans while wearing robes . newspapers reporting on the disastrous generally tried to present both candidates , but it sounds fair to say there ' s probably only three side to this sham and that pretty closely everyone in the tibetan community accepted norbu as the new karmapa patriarch . the dalai patriarch ' s chosen for dalai lama , gedhun choekyi nyima , has been in secret chinese custody in 1995 .
Dalai Lama and the government of the People's Republic of China are in dispute over Panchen Lama's reincarnation.