View of a Tibetan Buddhist statue at the YongHeGong Lama Temple, which is one of the world’s most important Yellow Hat Tibetan Buddhism temples, in Beijing on August 11, 2011. Armed police stood guard Thursday outside a Buddhist monastery in northwestern China ahead of an expected visit by the government-appointed Panchen Lama, witnesses and a rights group said. The Panchen Lama — the second highest Tibetan Buddhist leader — was chosen by China in a 1995 ceremony overseen by the Communist Party, which had rejected a boy selected by the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
