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
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Patrick if you were out and about today, you probably ran into this. A wet and nasty monday. Chief meteorologist mark baden is tracking the showers for us. Wet roads and a slow commute ahead. Mark it is ugly out there. Tracking the showers for us. Instead of being wet roads, this time of year, it could be white. Slow going out there. This is heading into the market interchange. Slow in both directions. It will take a while for your loved ones to get home tonight. We still have a lot of green and pockets of yellow. The Radar Network has the rain lasting through the evening hours. It will get better. Temperatures remain mild though which it leads to a nice forecast for tomorrow. Patrick dont forget, you can take your forecast with you wherever you go with the free mobile app. Of the president ial election will begin on thursday. Toya they just approved of a timetable. Terry sater joins us. There is already a legal challenge. Terry the president ial recount is being requested by Green Par