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Feature: Young Panchen a student of both Tibetan Buddhism tradition and modern life

LHASA, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- A laptop and buttered tea are both daily indispensables to 15-year-old Gyaincain Norbu, the officially recognized 11th Panchen Lama, the highest ranking figure of Tibetan Buddhism currently in China.

Receiving a Buddhist education in the Chinese capital Beijing, while learning such modern skills as computers and English, the young Tibetan Buddhist leader, selected by the Chinese central government as the reincarnation of his predecessor in 1995, keeps a typical Tibetan style in his daily life.

The traditional Tibetan drink and food of buttered tea and zanba, or roasted highland ...

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