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In class we watched 7 videos and read articles about the Dalai Lama, China, Tibet and Beijing. This is what we found so far:

So they search the town disguised as beggars to test younger children to find out which child is the next Dalai Lama.
 * The buddist monks in Tibet believe in reincarnated (the dead Dalai Lama coming back to life.)


 * The Dalai Lama at the moment is the 14th Dalai Lama.

At the moment China won't let reporters into the country. From reading an article we found this: "We will give the media complete freedom to report when they come to China" We are guessing this means during the Olympic Games because we also found this: "The police and secret police in every city have names of dissidents and 'dangerous' people who are not supposed to talk to the western media. So instead of following these western reporters around, the police will simply post more guards outside the dwellings of 'suspect' people in each city and county. They will ensure they can't talk or work with western journalists"

There may not be another Dalai Lama and The 14th Dalai Lama has retired as a political leader and now is only an adviser. The Chinese are waiting for the Dalai Lama to die so that they can replace him with thier own Dalai Lama. The Chinese government has been tourchering their prisoners from Tibet and an undercover media ground interviewed some of these people. They are also forcing women to terminate their babies and get sterilised. Tibetan people are fleeing Tibet through the himilayans and about 3000 Tibetans try to make the trip each year and most go in the winter when there are less boarder guards. One man was put in prison for seven months for painting a Tibetan flag. An 18 year old monk was sentenced to three years inprisonment for writing free tibet in a book. Mothers are sending their children over the himilayans to exile where there is a refugee camp and a school so they can get an education. People have been arrested for saving people. The Chinese embassy in England was shown footage of what Chinese were doing to people who protested in Tibet and China. They said “ This footage is not worthy of comment, it is not our problem.”
 * They emphaise the stories that can attract people's attention rather than talking about the truth
 * One TV program used a photo of a mob throwing stones at passing trucks, but it cut off the full picture leaving two lonely men running in front of the truck.
 * In another photo where a police man was rescueing a Han-Chinese the caption was changed to be interpreted as an activist being taken away by police. //Should we believe what this student from China has to say or are changing the story around so it seems like nothing is wrong or is it the truth?//
 * In 763 AD the Tibetans captured Chinese capital Changan.
 * However a ruler named Lang Darma 838-842, persecuted Buddhists and after his death Buddhism was declined.
 * China is crackeddowned.

CHINA INFO
 * Capital- Beijing
 * Population- 1.3billion
 * Religions- Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism,