On January 28, 1979, the 10th Panchen Lama married Li Jie, the granddaughter of Dong Qiwu. This marriage was unprecedented in the 600-year history of Tibetan Buddhism. Neither the Dalai Lama nor previous Panchen Lamas had ever married.

How exactly did the Panchen Lama's marriage take place? Was it forced by China, or was it the Panchen Lama's own idea? What challenges did this marriage pose to the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism?
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