In toronto. To. Journalist tensing lives in dharamsala its 6 30 in the morning and shes making her daily visit to the dalai lamas temple complex. On the way people spin these prayer wheels they believe that this ritual will bring good luck tensing is praying for the dalai lama right now. Its actually going to the tibetan so even though its a very Small Community here all they have to plan is to create our own little mini tibet here into the development residence and the temple is just up there so we took one down at the tibet is so good that i leave the island and also if the evening that this is really important part of this activity. Tensing works hard to preserve tibets cultural heritage. And. Later that morning she arrives in the newsroom of the voice of tibet Radio Station where shes the editor in chief the station provides its listeners with content on life in tibet and in the Exile Community the band has been part of the peoples republic of china since 1951 so the region covers about 12 percent of chinas total area tensing was born in india and has never been to tibet. Chinese censorship makes it hard for her and her staff to find out whats really going on there. Our target audience is that that was inserted that its like live fire only and that nobody in there so theyre going to make anything any story from inside tibet you know of course its its had this because you dont know the place but with the advent of technology that it be deafened off in a different different channels like social media. We do find you know a lot of options to try to get inside tibet but at the same time china is spending huge by the entry sources to stop all this flow of information an estimated 6000000 tibetans live in china in recent years only a few of them have managed to leave the country because the government is making emigration more difficult. This editor was smuggled out of china as a child were not going to identify him because hes afraid that the chinese authorities will punish his parents who still live there. And there was. My mother and i stay in touch with each other but we only use when chatter chinese and my mother is still in tibet and after we finish she doesnt contact me again for at least a week and we keep opening new we chat accounts. So we try to get around the surveillance. About 10000 tibetan exiles live in datum salam which is located about 200 kilometers west of the chinese border the city has sometimes called little lost or a reference to the capital of tibet. Tashi tearing helped the dalai lama escape to india in 1959 after chinas army moved into parts of tibet to put down a Popular Uprising tashi was a tibetan soldier at the time. Right now hes visiting a small museum thats devoted to the conflict between tibet and china. Until 950 tibet enjoyed a good deal of autonomy then the new communist Chinese Government sent troops to occupy the region to veterans put up stiff resistance for the next several years but their forces were outnumbered the dalai lama fled to india in 1959. It was a difficult journey through the himalayas and china now ruled all of tibet. Good here that. I accept the fact that ill never see to bed again. Broken off contact with my relatives there. Big grew up under chinese rule. Ive dedicated my life to the dalai lama. My relatives and i simply view things differently. The minute. They were. Tearing soon followed his spiritual leader into indian exile in return for his Loyal Service he was allowed to stay at the dalai lamas residence for the rest of his life even kept cattle in a stable than today tash hes 82 years out the memories of tibets Armed Conflict with china in the 1950 s. Are still vivid. You think. Both of you have been you know that but your mother gord those were very difficult times you know we had to finish off some comrades whod been wounded and then. We told them to close their eyes and think about his holiness the dalai lama. Reaser goodbye to him at the Indian Border he was like our father leaving us. And then we went back to fight. Their way through tried to go. On a large crowd has gathered at the temple complex for the dalai lamas 1st public appearance since he left the hospital many here are concerned about his health hes 84 years old now and chest infections can be dangerous for elderly people. The dalai lama is an enormously popular figure around the world jew in large part to his charismatic personality. And he now seems on the road to recovery. Tensing pelton will broadcast a report about this event on her Radio Station its the only way that tibetans in china will hear about it. That is of the form is somebody that you just see that he has resumed his activities. But at the same time im very worried. You know he isnt as good it is at this right now deceased as an elephant he that you see that he has to be. To more this. The dalai lama describes himself as a simple Buddhist Monk but to do better hes a symbol of peaceful protest and the struggle for control independence in 2011 he announced that he would step down as the official leader of the Tibetan Community outside china but he continues to speak out on political issues. Said indias de lay civil really isnt that good torture a good wash but mainly more of this fear. So now. Some very nice more interlude through or more of city. Open minded chinese who said daisy replace the last. 70 years to see is. Not effective. The dalai lama knows that china will never are now an independent event but he continues to demand that the all foreigners in beijing guarantee freedom of opinion and freedom of religion for the people of his homeland. But. I allers z. E. The chinese for the power. Is that that. Our strength. Is that. Their good is more decisive. Role ron paul is much more stronger than the ball. The dalai lama is concerned about who will succeed him as the tibetan spiritual leader and that china may try to influence the process but just because he is opposed to beijings policies in tibet he does not reject marxist philosophy out of hand. Good waltz from germany. Over in europe industrialization is a war for true order of do most exploitation so he stepped forward there right. And then. Per his Economy Today is equal distribution. The bought. Fully sort of but buyer or it. So even today. Describe a city for a so sure to rescan. Oh marxist. Back at the Radio Station tensing belden and her colleagues are preparing reports about the dalai lamas latest public appearance. As a respected International Figure and Nobel Peace Prize laureate he also plays a key role in grazing farms for the tibetan Exile Community. Not just so most of tibet i think many of the news media not just news media all. Walking cynics there are hugely dependent on. If it comes to getting its foreign aid from. Like all i want it is. Nonprofit open theres issue and we saw it dependent on foreign funds so i think all of that when you think about their ethical one sister otherness passes away its going to be his challenge for us. Around lunchtime 10 sings friend 10 since when do you stops by the Radio Station for a visit hes a writer and independence activist he and tensing often debate the Current Situation in tibet. Tensing will be satisfied with nothing less than full independence for to batten on and admits that this could core some problems for Ethnic Chinese who now live found the. Other one. And that new debates of course would have the chinese also you know of course the. Uneasier been living in tibet almost double the population of tibet and theyve been there for a long time. So we have to find a reasonable time period to see once tibet is free an independent. Who are the ones who have to go back to their own country and who may continue to stay there will have to offer a new tibet years tensing believes that this position goes too far this issue and many others devising Exile Community tensing offers polite criticism of tens in and other radical activists. There are some into the jails who when they talk about it. Without looking at their intention in a way when they make some remarks against against it and that is something that is not really taken there by the major lot so thats how the trip tension comes about. But tensing doesnt let political differences affect her personal relations she knows a lot of people in her neighborhood the tibetans in dharamsala dont mix very much with the citys indian residents. 10 sings extended family lives in houses that are next door to each other the family has been in india for 2 generations. They marry only other tibetans this time soon son is now away at boarding school she hopes to pass along to him the traditions of her contre and religion. The tibetans are a minority we are for the 1st in the for lent here and we have to protect our culture we have to protect in the tradition and so in order to protect and sustain our culture family life is very important and lets make sure that mr and gets to know how it brought up. Along with kid big in the tradition of. Tensing lives with her mother who 76 years old she belongs to the 1st generation of tibetan exiles shes pleased that her daughter has made a better life for herself in india. Pirlo did it i never learned to read all right i was my parents only child and i cant even write my own name. But here in india my daughter was able to get an education and im proud of that. But there were no opportunities like that in tibet when i was growing up. Maybe its different today but thats what it was like back then. Well yeah. Jerusalem has become a Tourist Destination over the last few decades due in part to it scenic location climate and thriving buddhist culture many of the tibetan residents work in the tourism industry. Tensing grow up on the citys main street there are lots of souvenir shops here parents used to own this one. Today her sister in law works here the family used to make a good living with the shop but not anymore. And bush is. Just talking this is he has changed a lot these days business at the shops is down because too many of them sell the same goods and the restaurants have fewer customers because of all the fast food shops. This is. Why didnt it the situation of the exiles is complicated by the fact that the Indian Government hasnt made much of an effort to integrate them into society. Especially with legal documents that they have in india its very hard to get a job in. The city that administration its hard to get a job that they want. So most of most of the time they end up either immigrating to the vest or. Is this here. Tensing is nice tents in runs or start up company that sounds clothing and cosmetics. She has University Degrees in both Business Administration and fashion marketing. She attended college in delhi but preferred to return to dharamsala after she completed her studies. In my class we have like 5 today and. Its always easier to steve we dont need people we know so we have to talk to indians not that we dont want to tell to the we have a little phrase for again we find it more in what. He did to be with us and then we also hate to tell one in english over in and so on. Because of that maybe all the a lot of people only to stay with our own Community People know. Tends in already has 30000 followers on instagram like to move to the us one day and set up a business there. Actually the thing is i think theres a lot more opportunity when it comes to the west because the thing is if you stay in year you have a normal life and then but then when you want to make a future plan was something i did spend money. On it comes from. The us community i think its all because of the wishes they even have there and. The money it gets. To hailey owens. More than 90000 to baton exiles live in india many of them are affiliated with the Tibetan Youth Congress an International Nongovernmental organization that promotes tibet and independence. Its members also take part in social welfare activities that benefit the Exile Community. Who. Complained that most of the tibetans who go to the west who. Go to america or europe or australia where they are going there just so the. It provides you know for their families but also their children and their children to have a good education so thats why theyre there and then once there are settled and. Theyre making enough money and they have been able to pull it i mean we see a lot of tibetans contributing to the Society Careers contributed to the movement which is a positive side. By. The organization can still call out several 1000 people for a Tibetan Independence rally in delhi but the crowds are getting smaller in the 1990 s. Such demonstrations were big media events that often drew hollywood celebrities but today this movement is attracting less attention than it used to. I. Am. A reporter for radio free tibet is here to cover the demonstration but thats about the extent of the media presence. Tensing pelton visits the stations office in delhi she and a reporter take a look at photographs from the rally. There were some clashes with police but otherwise they say that the event was a success. The 2 journalists walk through delhis government district the Exile Community is grateful that theyve been able to find refuge in India Economic ties between india and china are gradually improving but political tensions remain and the presence of the tibetan exiles here is a sensitive topic for both countries. So for the time being it appears that india will take no further steps to integrate it tibet and population. How can i say the Indian Government isnt a government when the tibetans dont really have the right to citizenship of course the citizenship act of india has made some provisions it allows some tibetans from the citizenship but that also comes with a lot of conditions so these conditions make it very difficult for the tibetans to get this right. This evening a group of intellectuals and activists are meeting at the house of tens in to do in dharamsala. Most of these people have started abroad theyre pleased that the administration of u. S. President donald trump is taking a tough stand on trade with china. But many fear that beijing will continue to spread its economic influence around the while not just as you will and that will be bad news for Tibetan Independence. Today almost 150 countries are trading with china and theyre benefiting from chinas occupation of tibet and chinas. Violation of human rights and tibet which has resulted to more than 155. 00 tibetans killing themselves self immolation burning themselves. So these are direct results of global trades everybodys involvement and everybody is benefiting from this. The tibetan Exile Community is divided about how best to achieve their goal of cultural and political independence. And while i think the struggle has come to a level where theres a lot of stagnancy and nobody wants to listen to the other one and i feel that we have come to a stage where you know maybe we could have afforded the kind of. In the kind of personal attachment that you could have with your ideology. But now is the stage where do we have to find that Common Ground and find that unifying factor. But all tibetan exiles agree that education is the key to preserving their traditions they have set up schools wherever theyve settled like this one interim selar. The classes are taught by Buddhist Monks into baton and in english it is essential for the children to learn to read and write. In china 40 percent of all tibetans are still illiterate and the number of those who speak to better is falling. Here is even Young Children learn buddhist meditation techniques. The school is hosting a special event today tensing belden is running a bit late shes here to attend the annual recital sponsored by the Tibetan Institute of performing arts. 1000 people have crowded into the School Auditorium to enjoy traditional music and dancing. Many are overcome with emotion as the tibetan flag is carried on to the stage the flag was banned by the Chinese Government in 1959. That the performance filled the audience with National Pride and served as a reminder that the exiles main goal is independence for their homeland. The number of people here say that they still dream of returning to tibet. On her way home Tenzing Poundland once again visits the temple complex. She prays that the dalai lama will have a long life so that he can continue to lead his people. Yet. Any successor to the dalai lama will be chosen according to the buddhist principle of reincarnation china says it has the right to choose that successor since it controls tibet but the current dalai lama rejects that notion. That he was not his monks are practicing martial arts techniques they too hope that one day theyll be able to return to to bat. But china refuses to hold talks with the exiles and this policy will not likely change anytime soon. But. Then i cant you know my parents ive been saying that you are to fix occasions. Its your responsibility to know i get back all country. Its my turn and i tell my son. Never ending droughts or hitting australian farmers hard. Profits have fallen substantially. Many still dont believe in the Climate Crisis but others want to take action. 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