China Is Spending Big to Rival India's Buddhist Influence in Asia

As the Dalai Lama succession approaches, China is leveraging Buddhism to expand its influence across Asia, testing whether money and power can rival India’s role as the faith’s birthplace....

By Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Philip Heijmans · Bloomberg

As the Dalai Lama succession approaches, China is leveraging Buddhism to expand its influence across Asia, testing whether money and power can rival India’s role as the faith’s birthplace.