The Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, attends the opening ceremony of the second World Buddhist Forum at the Buddhist Palace in Wuxi March 28, 2009. The Beijing-backed Panchen Lama addressed an international Buddhist audience in English in a rare public appearance on Saturday, as officially atheist China turned to Buddhism as a balm for internal unrest and international tensions. REUTERS/ Nir Elias (CHINA POLITICS RELIGION)