New Delhi, July 3 -- The Dalai Lama has announced that his reincarnation and successor will be chosen without any role from China's Communist Party. This decision goes against Beijing's past claims of control over the process.

While the Dalai Lama has confirmed he will reincarnate, he did not say when or where. His video statement was shown to senior monks in Dharamshala. The Dalai Lama currently lives in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, in Himachal Pradesh.

"I hereby reiterate that the Gaden Phodrang Trust has sole authority to recognise the future reincarnation; no one else has any such authority to interfere in this matter," the spiritual leader said in his statement.

Now, China is likely to get offended by the Dalai Lama's strong statemen...