The Dalai Lama says he'll have a successor, after all, ending years of speculation that he might be the last person to hold the role and meaning he'd be reincarnated.

Just before the Dalai Lama turned 90, he announced that his successor would be selected through the traditional process of reincarnation. The New York Times’s South Asia bureau chief, explains why this process could increase tensions with China.

The Dalai Lama just turned 90-years-old, and questions about his successor are still unanswered. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer explains how China is weighing in on the process.