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In the following years, the boy's life became a series of extreme swings of fortune: first as a carefree child, then as a protected and revered incarnate, then as a youth singled out and ridiculed by the communists, then as a forced laborer in a Chinese camp until the age of thirty, then as a "rehabilitated counterinsurgent" released from hard labor and, finally, as a favorite of the Beijing hierarchy rising through the ranks. He was named Head Abbot of Kumbum Monastery, where he had once been denounced. Being Abbot proved to be more political than religious; it paved the way for even higher positions including Vice-Chairman of the Chinese Youth Association, Vice-President of the Central Government's Buddhist Association and a member of Beijing's Central Government.
In the following years, the boy's life became a series of extreme swings of fortune: first as a carefree child, then as a protected and revered incarnate, then as a youth singled out and ridiculed by the communists, then as a forced laborer in a Chinese camp until the age of thirty, then as a "rehabilitated counterinsurgent" released from hard labor and, finally, as a favorite of the Beijing hierarchy rising through the ranks. He was named Head Abbot of Kumbum Monastery, where he had once been denounced. Being Abbot proved to be more political than religious; it paved the way for even higher positions including Vice-Chairman of the Chinese Youth Association, Vice-President of the Central Government's Buddhist Association and a member of Beijing's Central Government.