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Dalai Lama
 * Dalai Lama means- the ocean surpreme teacher.
 * The word Dalai Lama has both Mongolian and Tibetan origins
 * The 13th Dalai Lama, had to flee Tibet
 * Lhamunda was the 14th Dalai Lama
 * In 1933 the 13th Dalai Lama died
 * Lhamunda became the Dalai Lama at only five years old
 * At 16 years old he only cared about his life, his power and his stasis
 * The Dalai Lama and Pachalama travelled for many months around China
 * People from India kept on trying to persue the Dalai Lama to stay in India
 * On March 16th 1959 the Dalai Lama was going to escape to India but he didn't know if he should.
 * On the 17th the Dalai Lama escaped to India
 * The 14th Dalai Lama is a recreation of the 12th Dalai Lama
 * The 15th Dalai Lama has already been chosen.
 * The 14th Dalai Lama has chosen the 15th Dalai Lama but China has chosen a 15th Dalai Lama from China *The contact between the Dalai Lama and Beijing has been cut, ending any hope for negotiation * The Dalai Lama said he has been receiving phone calls and e-mails from Tibetans asking him not to stop them from continuing with their agitation in Lhasa *The Dalai Lama is currently 64 years of age *If the Tibetan people feel that there should not be a 15th Dalai Lama then there probably wont be one *The Dalai Lama has been in exile for nearly 50 years now *The Dalai Lama has decided to make a peace plan *The Dalai Lama's nephew has never been to Tibet. This is because he was born in exile
 * The Dalai Lama has won a Nobel Peace prize for the work that he has done around the world

China/Tibet
 * In the late 40s China had a revolution and they became a communist country. At the time their leader was Mao Zedong
 * Kublai Khan unified Tibet and China in the 13th century
 * In the 19th-20th century Tibet tried to break away from China's control, only to be attacked
 * In the 20th century Tibet declared independence, expelling all Chinese residents from Tibet
 * In the 1950s the Chinese Government took over Tibet by violating the rights of Tibetans *Many young Tibetans are now moving overseas, especially to the United States in the hope of salvation *One fifth of Tibet's population, 1.2 million, died due to the Chinese Invasion *There were 6 million Tibetans but now after all that has happend there is only 5 million Tibetans around Tibentan areas *When ever the Tibetans have a celebration Chinese people are ALWAYS there

Beijing Olympics '08
 * Beijing Olympic Committee lists rules for foreigners to follow during games *International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said that no governments have called for a Games boycott *Chinese people have been waiting many years for the chance to hold the Olympics

China
 * Foreigners staying with Chinese residents in urban areas must register at a local police station within 24 hours of arriving. The limit in rural areas is 72 hours *In the 19th century China experienced significant food shortages, military defeats, and debilitating civil unrest *Autonomous regions in China include, Guangxi,Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Ninjiang, Xizang(Tibet) *China is a multi-cultural country, with a total of 56 nationalities *China has tightened controls on visas and residence permits for foreigners *Some of the toys Labelled made in China are actually made from slavory workers in Tibet.
 * Many Chinese parents send their children to exile in India, so that they can have a lot more freedom
 * There is a railway that runs from Beijing to Lhasa

Punishment
 * They make you take of your clothes and lay on the ground then they wip from head to toe *The electric stick is also called Dian Bang
 * There are three different kinds of cuffs. One of them binds the thumbs together, another one cuts through the skin and the last one