The tonsure ceremony began after Losang
Doje was selected as the reincarnation in accordance with a regulation on reincarnation of living Buddha of Tibetan Buddhism, and with historical conventions and religious rituals.
"He is just using Xinjiang and Tibet as platforms to achieve his goal to separate China,"
Doje Cezhug said in remarks carried by the official China Daily newspaper.
Lhasa Mayor
Doje Cezhug told the state-run Xinhua News Agency that security in Tibet has improved and that only a handful of people were behind the violence.
Quote attributed to
Doje Cering, then Chairman of the Government of the Tibetan Region.
Maj Singleton, chief, Electronic Combat Branch, 96 Bomb Wing/DOJE
DOJE, Dyess AFB, TX, is such a member.