[septillianator]

>Six years ago, it rather famously discovered that China had been hacking into the Dalai Lama's computer networks

why does china care so much about the dalai lama?

[AnimalMuppet]

Because people in Tibet recognize him as a non-Beijing authority.

[acqq]

> why does china care so much about the dalai lama?

I'd guess because:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_Tibetan_program

"a nearly two decades long anti-Chinese covert operation focused on Tibet which consisted of "political action, propaganda, paramilitary and intelligence operations""

"Although it was formally assigned to the CIA, it was nevertheless closely coordinated with several other U.S. government agencies such as the Department of State and the Department of Defense."

Dalai Lama is where he is now as the result of this.