> I was in Tibet in 2007 and a lot of locals came up and talked to me, asking America to do something about the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Our hired driver ha

> I was in Tibet in 2007 and a lot of locals came up and talked to me, asking America to do something about the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Our hired driver had no problem showing us his picture of the Dalai Lama(which was(still is?) illegal to possess). 2007 was a different era, a lot has changed politically in the meantime. I posted this elsewhere in the thread, but maybe you didn't see it: China’s mass indoctrination camps evoke Cultural Revolution (https://apnews.com/6e151296fb194f85ba69a8babd972e4b https://apnews.com/6e151296fb194f85ba69a8babd972e4b): > At first, Bekali did not want the AP to publish his account for fear that his sister and mother in China would be detained and sent to re-education. > But on March 10, back in China, the police took his sister, Adila Bekali. A week later, on March 19, they took his mother, Amina Sadik. And on April 24, his father, Ebrayem. > Bekali changed his mind and said he wanted to tell his story, no matter the consequences. > “Things have already come this far,” he said. “I have nothing left to lose.”