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Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. Its 60 years since beijing put down the tibetan revolt, killing tens of thousands of people. And that was also when the dalai lama began his long exile from his homeland. He is still the tibetan peoples spiritual leader, but he relinquished political control eight years ago. His de facto president in exile, is my guest today, lobsang sangay, who says the situation is now critical and that tibet is a huge prison under chinas unfettered rule. So what are the tibetan peoples ambitions now . And what is their strategy for achieving it from the increasingly assertive and authoritarian chinese leadership . Theme music plays. Lobsang sangay welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, zeinab. How do the tibetan people remember that revolt 60 years ago . Thousands of tibetans from all over tibet gathered in lhasa, the capital city, to protect his holiness the dalai lama from the chinese army and then it resulted in a bloodshed. As per
Time for hardtalk welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. Its 60 years since beijing put down the tibetan revolt, killing tens of thousands of people. And that was also when the dalai lama began his long exile from his homeland. He is still the tibetan peoples spiritual leader, but he relinquished political control eight years ago. His de facto president in exile, is my guest today, lobsang sangay, who says the situation is now critical and that tibet is a huge prison under chinas unfettered rule. So what are the tibetan peoples ambitions now . And what is their strategy for achieving it from the increasingly assertive and authoritarian chinese leadership . Theme music plays. Lobsang sangay welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, zeinab. How do the tibetan people remember that revolt 60 years ago . Thousands of tibetans from all over tibet gathered in lhasa, the capital city, to protect his holiness the dalai lama from the chinese army and then it resulted in a bloodshed. As per Chinese M
Welcome to hardtalk. Im zeinab badawi. It is 60 years since beijing put down the tibetan revolt, which killed tens of thousands of people. That was also when the dalai lama began his long exile from his homeland. While still the tibetan peoples spiritual leader, he relinquished political control eight years ago. Our guest today is the de fa cto our guest today is the de facto president in exile, Lobsang Sangay, who says the situation is now critical and that tibet is a huge prison under chinas unfettered rule. So what are the tibetan peoples ambitions now . And what is their strategy for achieving it from the increasingly assertive and authoritarian chinese leadership . Theme music plays Lobsang Sangay welcome to hardtalk. How do the tibetan people remember that revolt 60 years ago . Thousands tibetan of gathered in the capital city to protect the dalai lama from the chinese army and then it resulted in a bloodshed. As per Chinese Military archives, 80,000 tibetan were killed between m
Reader and for obvious reasons, i feel very passionate about history, i think we need to be able to look through the lens of history at times that are similar to the times we are living in. We need to learn about people in our country who can be models for us all. History is obviously important, but i believe it has to be accessible way without dumbing it down or without lowering the standards for research or accuracy. So dont forget to read my source notes. I find source notes really grueling and so i always tell the audiences please read my source notes because i have spent so much time on them but in all seriousness, that is my quest. I want to entertain, but at the same time to deliver a very important story. And in order for me to get interested in the topic, it has to be really significant. It has to include things that i think will help us learn about ourselves and about our country. And another qualification for me is that it really has to be something that maybe has been swall