Successor chosen by Dalai Lama 'illegal': China

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China said on Monday that any successor chosen by the Dalai Lama would be 'illegal' after the Tibetan spiritual leader announced that he, and not Beijing, would decide whether he should be reincarnated.

"The title of Dalai Lama is conferred by the central government and is illegal otherwise," foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told journalists.