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After watching a series of videos and reading lots of information we came out with this information...
 * The word Dalai Lama is Mongolian and Tibetan, meaning 'Ocean Teacher' a teacher who is as deep as the sea.
 * The current Dalai Lama is the 14th and is the reincarnation of the 12th Dalai Lama. (Reincarnation is basically when people believe that when you die you come back as someone or something else.) His name is Tenzin Gyatso and he was born in 1935 and two years before was when the 13th Dalai Lama died. He came from one of the lower class or poorer families and his family became wealthy when he was appointed. Back then lower class families were slaves and were victims of endless suffering from the Dalai Lama. In Tibet the main religion is Buddhism and it is very strong in Tibet.
 * In 1950 China took over Tibet sending armies to invade them. Nine years later in 1959 the Dalai Lama fled to India and could not return to Tibet or China as he was against communism which is what the government is in China. Chairman Maoynasian people love me was the leader of communism and when he died in 1976 China started to become a little more laid back and not so strict.
 * In an interview the Dalai Lama he decleared that he was retiring from politics but he said he would still be held accountable and only made the dicision to support democratization as that is basicly the opposite of crommunism.
 * In some other things we read we found that most countries that became communism either had a violent revolution or were invaded by another communist country and their government was left behind. In many coountries today especially those who used to be communism it is illegal or discouraged for the communist party to hold power.
 * In Tibet people are too scared to leave their homes in case of being taken prisioner by the Chinese. The Monks said that the local authorities have stepped up their watch warning them not to talk about what is happening and now have an 8:30pm curfew.
 * The authorites in Beijing kicked out the foreign media and sealed their region with a barricade of police checkpoints.
 * Reporters from the media say that the smashing, burning and wild behavor was mastermind by the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama at some stage in March accused China of a cultural genocide which means a deliberate exterminaltioin of a few races of people.
 * The roads of Tibet are covered in Chinese Police they are watching Tibetians every move and one foot out of line they lwill get torchered or taken away where nobody knows where they are.
 * The Dalai Lama said that when he meditates he calms down and can still hope for a 'free Tibet.'
 * Some of the Tibetan children have been sent out of the country for a better life and education. And some children have got little or no eyesite and they also have lost fingers and toes from frostbite after crossing the Himalayas and by doing this they are taking a big risk as they could be caught escaping and they could be shot by the Chinese police.
 * One child was sent out of the country when it was only 5 months old! This happens alot because the parents have to take care of the rest of their families and themselves. If they were even to write 'free Tibet' in their diary they would be sent to jail for 3 years and would be torchered. Some Tibetians have never seen Tibet because of this.
 * In India which is where they escape to there is a place for all Tibetians to go after they have escaped Tibet. There they are looked after and feed untill they decide otherwise.