For the first time in 10 years, China's President Xi Jinping received Panchen Lama Gyaltsen Norbu in Beijing. Norbu was handpicked by the Chinese Communist Party to be the Panchen Lama. Sriparna Pathak, Professor at Jindal Global University, says this is narrative building, and Chinese want to show that they alone have the right to pick the next Dalai Lama.