then china rolled out the imaginary panchen lama , gyaltsen norbu , a teenager chosen as the reincarnation of a major lama by the atheist communist party and training following preschool to spout nationalist protesters while holding armour . newspapers reporting on the debacle uniformly struggled to present both versions , but it seems fair to claim there ' s currently only one view to this story and that very much nobody in the tibetan village acknowledge norbu as the actual panchen lama . the head lama ' s alternative for panchen lama , gedhun choekyi nyima , has been in concealed indian custody since 1995 .
Dalai Lama and the government of the People's Republic of China are in dispute over Panchen Lama's reincarnation.