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The Dalai Lama is found when they pass various tests set by the higher monks such as having to pick up a toy used by the previous Dalai Lama. The 13th Dalai Lama died in 1933. All of the children from the lower family's weren't very well looked after and had to work from a very young age. Criminals in Tibet were punished extremely cruelly, they had their eyes gouged out, limbs amputated, tounges cut off and had their skin peeled off. People blame the Dalai Lama for these gruesome things. The Dalai Lamas parents were peasants. The Dalai Lama currently lives in india as he can not go back to Tibet or enter china as he is against the communist movement in china. The Dalai Lama is living in Darahmsala in India along with over eight thousand other Tibetans that are running from the Chinese rule. The local government in Tibet was run by the Dalai Lama but he has resigned from politics. To be eligible to become the next Dalai Lama you must be born on the same day that the previous Dalai Lama died, The Dalai Lama called for an end to the violence in Tibetan regions, offering to step down as the head of Tibet's exiled state if that would stop the bloodshed. The Dalai Lama is 72 years old and was picked to be the Dalai Lama when he was 4 years old. The Dalai Lama has been called many things including "a shining light for all those fighting for freedom around the world" and "a person who seeks to split up his country, and doesn't even recognize his country. Prisoners in Tibet are forced to walk the streets in shackles to beg for food Some parts of China are closed to visitors like Tibet. Unlike New Zealand in Tibet if you are born into a poor family you stay poor and work for the higher family's. China took over Tibet in may 1951. In the twenty years following the 1959 uprising 1.2 million Tibetans died, many more suffered in prisons and labour camps and more than 6000 monasteries, temples and other cultural and historic buildings. The government hopes to keep out activists and students who might stage pro Tibet rallies that would broadcast around the world. Any illegal gatherings, parades and protests and refusal to comply are subject to administrative punishments or criminal prosecution. Some parts of China are closed to visitors like Tibet. The first recorded contacts between Tibetans and Chinese took place in the 7th century-(not finished yet) The Tibetan flag was outlawed and you could get a punishment of many years of torture in prison for just painting it. An eighteen year old monk was arrested for three years for writing "free Tibet" in his diary. Woman are forced to have abortions and sterillisation Women who are pregnant with their second child and don't have the money to pay the fine are forced to have a sterillisation operation without any aneasthetic and the operators are careless and just rip the felopial tubes out and the only drugs they have for the horrific pain is aspirin. People get arrested for little things like even breathing the words "free Tibet" and get tortured so badly that many of them would try to kill themselves but the guards wouldn't give them a chance. The first recorded contacts between Tibetan and Chinese took place in the seventh century following the unification Tibet under King Songtsen Gampo and the start of the Tang dynasty. Chinas newly established communist government sent troops to invade Tibet in 1949-50. A treaty imposed on the Tibetan government in May of that year, acknoledging sovereighty over Tibet but recognizing the Tibetan government's autonomy with respect to Tibet's internal affairs. As the chinese consolidated their control, they repeatedly violated the treaty and open resistance to rule grew, leading to the national uprising in 1959 and the flight into India of Tibet's head of state and spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
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. The rules published Monday say entry will be denied to those who might convict acts of terrorism, violence and government subversion and those who might engage in activities endangering Chinas national security and national interest. For those planning on sleeping outdoors to save alittle money--forget it. This is banned to maintain public hygiene and cultred image of the cities. Olympic tickets are no gaurantee of visa to enter China. People with mental diseases or contagious conditions will be barred.
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