The baby-faced Buddha.
Newsweek, April 24, 1995 by Melinda Liu.

Chinese rulers have been lavishing gifts and recognition on the 17th Karmapa, the 11-year-old boy officially recognized by Tibetan Buddhist leaders as the reincarnation of the Buddha. Ranking Buddhist monks see the move as a ploy to undermine the Tibetan independence movement. more...

Who is the Karmapa? Western Buddhist Responses to a Challenge to Traditional Religious Authority
Helen Waterhouse, Study of Religions Department Bath College of Higher Education

This paper describes the dispute within the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism concerning the current identity of the seventeenth Karmapa. It considers the effect which this dispute has had on a small group of Tibetan Buddhist practitioners meeting in the city of Bath. The paper argues that the dispute, which represents a challenge to traditional authority, has highlighted the conflicting sources of authority which British Buddhist practitioners acknowledge. more...