Chinese govt should have no role in Dalai Lama’s succession: Biden administration Chinese govt should have no role in Dalai Lama’s succession: Biden administration US State Department on Wednesday said that the Chinese government should have no role in Dalai Lama’s succession process. advertisement 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is 81-year-old | File photo from PTI The Chinese Government should have no role in the succession process of the Dalai Lama, the Joe Biden-led United States government said on Tuesday. “We believe that the Chinese government should have no role in the succession process of the Dalai Lama,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters at his daily news conference.