Can someone please help me with a project on Tibet?

Question

I need some history on Tibet. I don't really want a website link, I just need some information about freeing the Tibetans and what's happening at the momnet. Please, be serious and do not joke around; I need help fast!
Thanks for all your help I wish I could give 10 points to all of you :)

Answer 1

I know you said you don't want a website link but frankly this one will give you what you want: http://www.tibet.org/

Answer 2

DHARAMSALA, India (AP) -- In China, the government has opened a charm offensive, freeing Tibetan prisoners and taking reporters on tours of the Himalayan region. But in Dharamsala, home to the Tibetan government in exile, there is little worry that Beijing will score a public relations success.
Exile officials say the Chinese campaign is just a belated reaction to the popularity of the Dalai Lama, exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhists.

``It's an attempt by the authorities to take the propaganda initiative because for the last two decades international public opinion has been swayed in favor of the Tibetan refugees,'' said Thubten Samphel, secretary of the Department of Information and International Relations for the government in exile.

``What we have is to tell the truth, and there's no more powerful weapon than just telling what's happening in Tibet.''

That truth, they say, is a Chinese policy in Tibet of religious and political repression and discrimination in health care and education.

Since January, six Tibetan political prisoners have been released. In addition, for the first time in years two groups of foreign journalists are being taken on tours of Tibet.

Chinese officials ``are very much worried for the 2008 Olympic Games. So at this moment they cannot ignore grossly the international voice,'' says Samdhong Rinpoche, prime minister of the government in exile.

Wooing public opinion is not just for the Chinese. The Dalai Lama's movement has attracted such high-profile supporters as Richard Gere and Harrison Ford, and the Dalai Lama regularly meets with celebrities.

When governments try to brush off the Dalai Lama -- as they sometimes do, hoping for trade agreements with China -- they do so at their own risk.

The Dalai Lama visited Australia in May, as Prime Minister John Howard's government was negotiating a gas deal with China. But neither Howard nor his foreign minister would meet with the Dalai Lama, and an exhibition depicting Chinese oppression of Tibetans was canceled at China's behest.

A furor erupted, with intense criticism of the Dalai Lama's treatment.

``A lot of public sympathy has been generated,'' said Samdhong. ``I always thank China whenever they do this.''

Tibetan exiles see, for the most part, little but empty gestures in Beijing's recent moves.

They say the freed political prisoners were carefully selected, and reporters visiting Tibet are expected to be closely monitored by the Chinese.

But officials in Dharamsala still hope these moves may be indications of greater relaxation in Tibet, and perhaps a renewal of the on-and-off dialogue with Beijing.

For more than a decade, the government in exile has said that the Dalai Lama -- who fled China after a failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule -- is ready to enter into a dialogue with Beijing. While the exiles want autonomy for Tibet, the Chinese government maintains the region is an integral part of China. But with Beijing now so concerned about its image, the exiles see a renewed chance for their own cause.

``One very positive change in China is that now they care for international public opinion, Samdhong said. ``That situation should be taken fully in our favor.''