﻿ Dalai Lama’s political successor sworn in - Taipei Times Tue,
Aug 09, 2011 - Page 1　News List  Dalai Lama’s political
successor sworn in   Lobsang Sangay, a 43-year-old Harvard
scholar, took office yesterday as head of the Tibetan
government-in-exile, vowing to free his homeland from Chinese
“colonialism.”  After being sworn in at a colorful ceremony in
the Indian hill town of Dharamsala, Sangay warned China that the
Tibet movement was “here to stay” and would only grow stronger
in the waning years of the Dalai Lama.  In an historic shift
from the dominance of Tibetan politics by religious figures, the
new prime minister, who has never set foot in Tibet, is assuming
the political leadership role relinquished by the 76-year-old
Dalai Lama in May.  In his inauguration speech, Sangay sought to
dismiss concerns that the Dalai Lama’s advancing years and
eventual death would mark the demise of the movement.  Sangay
said his election in April had sent “a clear message to the
hardliners in the Chinese -government t