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MUSICAL AURA
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GONG
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MUSICAL AURA
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SHOUTING AND COMMOTION
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Tibetans continue to
protest Chinese rule,
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and are increasingly willing
to die over the cause...
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- The Chinese government
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with increasing
aggressiveness is painting
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these self immolations
as being instigated
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by the Dalai Lama
and his supporters.
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Parts of the Tibetan Plateau
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have become heavily militarized,
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riot police armed with spike
clubs and fire extinguishers
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on every street.
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It's a sign of just how
sophisticated the apparatus
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of control has become.
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A British cyber expert
says the Chinese
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undermine any attempt by
the Tibetans to seek help
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from the international
community.
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- A think tank in Canada,
at least the reports saying
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that the computers of foreign
governments and critics
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of the Chinese Communist
Party have been compromised.
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- One computer located
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in the Dalai Lama's
private office was infected
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with a virus capable
of stealing information
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such as email lists
with thousands of names
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and other documents, and
then sending it to those
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in control of the virus.
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A 20 year old Stanford
student is now one
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of the victims of a
sophisticated cyber attack
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on Google and others.
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- Tenzin Seldon doesn't
look like the type
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of person to be targeted
for a cyber attack,
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but that's exactly what happened
to this Stanford sophomore.
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- Google informed the State
Department of this situation,
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yesterday.
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These allegations
are very serious.
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- Endless say the intensity
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of China's cyber assault with
the backing of the military
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and Communist Party is reaching
a point where it may impact
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the relationship between
Washington and Beijing.
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- We cannot look back, years
from now, and wonder why
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we did nothing in the
face of real threats
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to our security and our economy.
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- With an estimated 300 billion
dollars in trade secrets
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lost last year alone, the
Democratic Chair of the Senate
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Intelligence Community said this
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is a sobering public report,
and clearly demonstrates
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the need to pass cyber
security legislation
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as soon as possible.
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TENSE BEAT
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I was in my dorm one
day, and Martin Lev,
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head of security for
Google, called me,
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and said that they wanted
to come over to my dorm
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to pick up my laptop.
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When I met with him in my
dorm, in the next hour,
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Martin Lev informed me
that my email account
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has been hacked into,
and was being spied on.
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- We quickly discovered
that this was
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a very sophisticated adversary.
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The more troubling thing
to me is that we discovered
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the motivation, which we
believed to be to gain access
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to Gmail accounts,
in particular,
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for human rights activists.
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- And, I knew straight
away, that my email
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had been hacked into
by people inside China.
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Google wanted to know why
I was being hacked into.
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- They were under
constant scrutiny...
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- This is like a
daily occurrence
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for a lot of activists,
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especially Tibetan community,
and in our community,
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we have a thing, that if
you're not being spied on
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by the Chinese government,
you're probably not
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doing your job.
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We here in America enjoy
the freedom of expression,
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freedom of religion,
but over there,
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he cannot even film a
documentary about people
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inside Tibet talking
about how they feel
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about the Dalai
Lama, for example,
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or holding up a picture
of His Holiness.
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To us, we can't even
fathom a world where we
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can't express how we think
about our government,
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or about our lives,
but in Tibet,
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that's a daily reality.
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BIKE ENGINE
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BAGPIPES
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On March 10th every year,
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Tibetan monks mark
a sad anniversary.
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They remember the
day, 49 years ago,
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that the Dalai Lama was
forced to flee into exile.
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- Gunfire, tear
gas, and rock throwing
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were all reported today
in the capital of Tibet.
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- It is still
extremely difficult
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to verify anything.
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- On Sunday, a crew from
Hong Kong Cable TV,
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hiding in the Tibetan
capital, managed to broadcast
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these extraordinary
live pictures.
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- The uprising
spread like wildfire
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throughout the Tibetan Plateau.
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- They are trying to say,
we want our autonomy,
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we want our religious
and other freedoms.
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- Untold thousands of
heavily armed police
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have moved out to quell
any protest activity.
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- With the Olympics
coming up in Beijing,
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this was a golden
opportunity for Tibetans
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to bring the international
community's attention
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to their problems, but also,
there were economic factors
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involved here.
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Inflation in Tibet
is serious now,
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and the ethnic Chinese now
control most of the businesses.
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- This really is a dilemma
for China right now.
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What the world will see in the
lead up to the Olympic games.
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- The Chinese
insisted the Dalai Lama's group
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instigated the riots,
but offered no proof.
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China denies killing anyone,
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but Tibet's government in exile
claims over 200 people died.
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- In the run up to the Olympics,
you saw the Communist Party
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going back to its
old techniques,
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which was to control people
through, essentially,
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Leninist techniques,
so they clamped down
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on all elements in society
that they were concerned about,
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and of course, one of the
most important elements
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were the Tibetans, and so,
we saw increasing methods
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of control in Tibet, and we
saw the absolute prohibition
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of bad news.
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- Any access to information
that they deem subversive
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to what they believe is
the Communist following
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is a threat, and those
journalists and documentarians
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and filmmakers will pay for it.
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I think the Beijing Games
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presented a critical
moment for Tibet.
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You have a totalitarian
government
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put in a media blackout,
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a clamp down on
an entire region,
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and allowing no foreign
press in, whatsoever,
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allowing no media to get out.
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Historically, these kind of
things have set the stage
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for disaster.
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INTENSE MUSIC
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I've had experience filming
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in war zones before, and
when cameras aren't allowed
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into certain places,
bad things can happen.
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Sometimes we show up,
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and we're the only
cameras there,
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and what you're able to
get out of these regions
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can really open up people's eyes
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as to what's happening.
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We wanted to see,
firsthand, what the Tibetans
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were facing during
the media blackout,
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and was there anything
we could do to help
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get information out of the
region, and out to the world.
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It's one of the only conflicts
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in the world that I've
seen where the bullets
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are going in one direction.
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As filmmakers, it
was never our plan
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to become part of the
story, but as you'll see,
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the choice was not
entirely ours to make.
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- It's
a strange thing when you go
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into a region, and
try to help people,
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and document a
conflict, but instead,
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end up documenting yourselves.
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As foreigners during
a media blackout,
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you can't just book a
ticket into Tibet.
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It's a complicated thing to do.
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First, we would go to
Kathmandu, a hotbed
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for Tibetan activism.
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It's the place to make
contact with the movement,
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meet the leaders, and find
out how to get into Tibet,
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to get the information out.
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EXOTIC MUSIC
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Our hope is to
make contacts here
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that will actually help
us get into Tibet.
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EXOTIC MUSIC
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PLANE ENGINE
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TRAFFIC AMBIENCE
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SUSPENSEFUL DRUMS
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MUSIC
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We first arrived in
Kathmandu, the Tibetan activists
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were all trying to prepare
for the incoming Olympics,
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but the pro Chinese
government was going around
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arresting anybody that
they'd suspected to being
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an activist, or that
might actually campaign,
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so there was kind of
a state of panic,
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from the first few minutes we
landed inside of Kathmandu.
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MUSIC
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We immediately hooked up
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with a couple activists
named Happy and Sherab,
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and they gave us the lay of
the land, pretty quickly.
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The first thing we found out
was there's spies everywhere.
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Happy and Sherab took us
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to meet a woman named
Gyaltson Sondup.
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She's an activist in the area,
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very inspirational
to a lot of people.
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TEMPERED MUSIC
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TEMPERED MUSIC
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TEMPERED MUSIC
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She told us a story
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of how her brother
was killed in Tibet
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during a protest by
the Chinese police.
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CHILDREN CHATTERING
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Gyaltson and Happy told us
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that there's a major
protest under way,
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and all the organizing's
happening by text messages
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and emails.
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Does it make you angry
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when someone punches you,
when the police punch you?
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INTENSE MUSIC
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CHANTING AND COMMOTION
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SCREAMING AND COMMOTION
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GUNSHOT
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SCREAMING AND COMMOTION
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MUSIC
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Just got a text
message from Tenzin
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of the TYC.
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Looks like 715 were arrested.
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TEMPERED MUSIC
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TRAFFIC AMBIENCE
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We got a phone call
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from a Tibet youth congress
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that some important
Tibetan activists
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were just imprisoned,
and they wanted
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to meet with us.
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Okay, let's stop here.
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We'll put them away.
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MUFFLED VOICES
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MUFFLED VOICES
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We're very nervous in there,
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trying to film with
the hidden camera.
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The guards are looking at
us, our contacts are afraid
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we're gonna get
arrested, and so,
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we finally got out of there.
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RINGING BELLS
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With Nepal being so close
to the China Tibet border,
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we thought we might be
able to just enter,
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right from Nepal, so we
took the most obvious route,
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and went to a travel agency.
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Is it possible to do
a travel to Tibet,
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or to Lhasa?
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It's not possible to
go to Tibet at all?
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What's the problem?
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TRAFFIC AMBIENCE
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It was the eve
of the Olympics,
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and as a young Tibetan activist,
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it was an extremely
shocking time.
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I knew that something
had to be done about it.
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I was prompted to
request the Dalai Lama
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to help foster and create
a dialog with young people
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from China, as well as Tibet.
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I am Tenzin Seldon, a
Tibetan student at Stanford,
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and one of the organizers
of today's dialog.
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It's our profound honour
and privilege to host
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this conversation
between His Holiness,
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the 14th Dalai Lama, and the
Chinese and Tibetan students
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and scholars in this room.
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His Holiness, the Dalai Lama,
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and the Tibetan
government in exile
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has always believed
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and stressed in the
importance of dialog,
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to continue peaceful
negotiations
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between China and Tibet,
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and encouraging Tibetan
youth, like myself,
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and Chinese youth, to
take part in this method.
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APPLAUSE
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Goals for Dialog is to dispel
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the myths about the
history of Tibet China,
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present factual evidence,
instead of just being hearsay.
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LAUGHING
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Next question.
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After this event,
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I was more inspired
to let the world know
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what is going on inside Tibet,
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and take this movement
to a next level.
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I learned about Tibetan Buddhism
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when I was 11.
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I think it helped me get
through a lot of difficult times
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throughout my life, and it
was a very powerful thing
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for me to realize that
something so beautiful
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may end in our lifetime.
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I've worked on films that deal
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with human rights issues
before, and after learning
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of the circumstances in Tibet,
I felt this is something
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that I couldn't
turn my eyes from.
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Christian and I really hope
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that our cameras could document
both sides of the story.
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It was important to me to
approach this with an open mind.
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We weren't able to get
into Tibet through Nepal.
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With the opening
ceremonies looming,
00:23:10:05 --> 00:23:11:22
we knew with each
day that went by,
00:23:11:22 --> 00:23:14:01
it would only get
more difficult.
00:23:14:01 --> 00:23:15:23
We headed to northern
India with hopes of finding
00:23:15:23 --> 00:23:17:06
another way in.
00:23:18:14 --> 00:23:20:03
Our activist friends in Nepal
00:23:20:03 --> 00:23:23:01
had set us up with some
contacts in Dharamsala, India,
00:23:23:01 --> 00:23:25:09
who could help us get
into Tibet, and also,
00:23:25:09 --> 00:23:27:11
help us with what to
plan and prepare for,
00:23:27:11 --> 00:23:29:12
if we do actually get in.
00:23:30:21 --> 00:23:33:06
Dharamsala is the
spiritual hub, and the home
00:23:33:06 --> 00:23:34:17
of the Dalai Lama, as well as
00:23:34:17 --> 00:23:36:21
the Tibetan government in exile.
00:23:37:03 --> 00:23:51:03
BELLS
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Our first stop was to
visit a Tibetan legend,
00:24:01:10 --> 00:24:02:23
a poet activist who
has vowed to wear
00:24:02:23 --> 00:24:06:01
his trademark red headband
until Tibet is free.
00:24:06:10 --> 00:24:10:10
RAINDROPS
00:24:10:18 --> 00:24:12:20
It became clear that the
the Chinese authorities
00:24:12:20 --> 00:24:15:09
regarding Tenzin Tsundue
as an enemy of the state.
00:24:15:13 --> 00:24:18:11
He seems to have devoted
his life to the cause.
00:25:26:11 --> 00:25:27:15
It's amazing to see
00:25:27:15 --> 00:25:30:10
this stark imbalance of power.
00:25:30:10 --> 00:25:32:02
Technologically,
they're up against one
00:25:32:02 --> 00:25:35:17
of the most advanced
countries in the world.
00:26:26:15 --> 00:26:29:04
Tenzin is under
constant surveillance.
00:26:29:10 --> 00:26:32:05
His phones are bugged,
his emails read.
00:26:32:05 --> 00:26:35:14
He's followed everywhere by
the Chinese and Indian police.
00:27:17:17 --> 00:27:20:01
Tenzin confided in us
as we were leaving,
00:27:20:01 --> 00:27:23:07
that they're planning a secret
march to get into Tibet.
00:27:23:07 --> 00:27:25:04
They're hoping to
use satellite video
00:27:25:04 --> 00:27:27:10
to broadcast it to
the outside world,
00:27:27:10 --> 00:27:30:10
in advance of the opening
ceremonies in Beijing.
00:27:32:22 --> 00:27:35:13
We saw, firsthand, the clear
evidence of the violence
00:27:35:13 --> 00:27:37:14
inside of Tibet.
00:27:37:14 --> 00:27:40:08
Tsewang was shot multiple
times while trying to save
00:27:40:08 --> 00:27:43:15
a life of a monk who
died in his arms.
00:27:48:12 --> 00:27:56:09
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
00:27:56:17 --> 00:28:01:21
He was shot twice, first
bullet came in from the back,
00:28:01:21 --> 00:28:05:16
here, and then it
exited his body here,
00:28:05:16 --> 00:28:08:23
and then, the next bullet
hit him in the elbow, here,
00:28:08:23 --> 00:28:11:15
and exited through his arm here.
00:28:11:15 --> 00:28:14:20
This gentleman saved him,
took him to the mountains,
00:28:15:01 --> 00:28:18:01
where they hid out, received
no medical treatment at all
00:28:18:01 --> 00:28:22:05
for this, and now, he made
it to exile in Dharamsala.
00:28:24:21 --> 00:28:36:19
TEMPERED MUSIC
00:28:37:13 --> 00:28:40:12
We met a woman whose
husband went to Tibet
00:28:40:12 --> 00:28:43:15
to make a movie about the
human rights situation.
00:28:43:15 --> 00:28:46:19
He's been missing since
the March 2008 protest.
00:29:42:21 --> 00:29:48:06
SINGING
00:30:10:12 --> 00:30:11:23
We visited the Human
Rights Center
00:30:11:23 --> 00:30:13:16
in the government in exile
to find out
00:30:13:16 --> 00:30:17:00
if and how information is
getting out of the region.
00:30:24:07 --> 00:30:26:00
Photos like this from people.
00:30:26:00 --> 00:30:28:12
Is it their hope that it
can be widely distributed?
00:31:17:17 --> 00:31:19:02
After meeting with people
00:31:19:02 --> 00:31:21:23
like Ama Adhe
and others,
and hearing their pleas,
00:31:21:23 --> 00:31:25:00
it really drove home
just how important it was
00:31:25:00 --> 00:31:27:17
for us to get into Tibet
at this crucial time.
00:31:28:02 --> 00:31:30:02
There was no information
coming out,
00:31:30:02 --> 00:31:33:05
and they really had no
contact with their family
00:31:33:05 --> 00:31:35:17
and their loved ones,
especially at the monasteries.
00:31:36:11 --> 00:31:39:06
It was their fear that the
opening of the Beijing games
00:31:39:06 --> 00:31:40:16
will only intensify
the oppression,
00:31:40:16 --> 00:31:42:16
and things would only get worse.
00:31:43:14 --> 00:31:45:10
When we were in Nepal, and now,
00:31:45:10 --> 00:31:47:12
in India, searching
for ways into Tibet,
00:31:47:12 --> 00:31:49:17
has proved extremely
difficult, but now,
00:31:49:17 --> 00:31:52:02
we finally found some
contacts that could make sure
00:31:52:02 --> 00:31:53:10
we get in.
00:31:55:09 --> 00:31:56:17
Where is the main monastery
00:31:56:17 --> 00:31:58:07
of which you think we
should try to shoot?
00:32:08:19 --> 00:32:10:12
Can you tell me the
name of that province?
00:32:16:15 --> 00:32:18:19
Which regions are tourists
currently not allowed
00:32:18:19 --> 00:32:19:23
to go in?
00:32:34:00 --> 00:32:35:12
When the cameras were off,
00:32:35:12 --> 00:32:38:03
they felt it was safe to
tell us just how important
00:32:38:03 --> 00:32:40:03
it was to them that
we could actually try
00:32:40:03 --> 00:32:41:23
to get inside of
Tibet, and really see
00:32:41:23 --> 00:32:43:12
what was going on.
00:32:44:10 --> 00:32:46:13
They had pleaded with us
to see if their fellow monks
00:32:46:13 --> 00:32:48:14
and brothers at a
monastery called Labrang
00:32:48:14 --> 00:32:51:01
in Eastern Tibet were okay.
00:32:51:01 --> 00:32:53:01
There had been a huge crackdown
there, with many deaths,
00:32:53:01 --> 00:32:55:15
and these monks had
heard no news or updates
00:32:55:15 --> 00:32:57:12
since the March uprising.
00:32:58:10 --> 00:32:59:18
Darren and I had a few hours
00:32:59:18 --> 00:33:03:02
of debate about how we might
actually get into Tibet,
00:33:03:02 --> 00:33:06:06
but sitting with these monks
and hearing the stories,
00:33:06:06 --> 00:33:08:11
and seeing the tears
in their eyes,
00:33:08:11 --> 00:33:11:08
not knowing what's happening
with their family members
00:33:11:08 --> 00:33:14:03
and their brothers and sisters
made it even more personal.
00:33:14:03 --> 00:33:16:23
Now that they actually
have a connection for us,
00:33:16:23 --> 00:33:20:13
we have a way in, and
hopefully, we can bring back
00:33:20:13 --> 00:33:22:21
what they want most,
which is for us
00:33:22:21 --> 00:33:25:22
to document eye witness
accounts, and collect
00:33:25:22 --> 00:33:28:03
the cell phone images that
they want the outside world
00:33:28:03 --> 00:33:28:23
to see.
00:33:30:21 --> 00:33:32:11
Prior to going into Tibet
00:33:32:11 --> 00:33:34:07
as a westerner, you
have to be prepared both
00:33:34:07 --> 00:33:36:06
for your safety, and
more importantly,
00:33:36:06 --> 00:33:38:09
for the safety of
others around you,
00:33:38:09 --> 00:33:40:16
and their families in exile.
00:33:41:15 --> 00:33:44:21
You need to be sure not
to incriminate anybody
00:33:44:21 --> 00:33:47:20
on the trip in any way,
because you will be followed,
00:33:47:20 --> 00:33:49:16
you will be monitored.
00:33:51:22 --> 00:33:53:18
It was a lot for us to fathom.
00:33:53:18 --> 00:33:56:11
Any camera we turn on
might be a jail sentence
00:33:56:11 --> 00:33:58:13
for anyone we interview.
00:33:58:18 --> 00:34:00:23
That meant not taking
risks at monasteries,
00:34:00:23 --> 00:34:04:13
not putting people on
camera unnecessarily,
00:34:04:13 --> 00:34:07:10
because everyone you speak
to is gonna be interrogated.
00:34:08:11 --> 00:34:11:03
We approached numerous
experts and professionals,
00:34:11:03 --> 00:34:12:22
and had many conversations
about how we
00:34:12:22 --> 00:34:17:03
could safely enter Tibet, to
protect not only ourselves,
00:34:17:03 --> 00:34:19:23
but more importantly, the
Tibetans we come in contact with
00:34:19:23 --> 00:34:21:05
along the way.
00:34:21:13 --> 00:34:22:21
What are some issues
00:34:22:21 --> 00:34:24:22
that filmmakers should consider,
00:34:24:22 --> 00:34:27:13
when entering a region
that's under marshal law,
00:34:27:13 --> 00:34:31:15
under a media ban, and
how would one go about
00:34:31:15 --> 00:34:34:01
getting this information out?
00:34:34:01 --> 00:34:35:21
- That's a really
great question,
00:34:35:21 --> 00:34:38:20
and it's a particularly
tricky one.
00:34:38:20 --> 00:34:42:02
Different journalists deal
with this at different ways.
00:34:42:07 --> 00:34:44:21
There are some people
who would prefer not
00:34:44:21 --> 00:34:48:06
to do the interviews
in the first place,
00:34:48:06 --> 00:34:50:14
because they feel that the
safety of their sources
00:34:50:14 --> 00:34:52:06
is paramount.
00:34:52:06 --> 00:34:56:01
There are others who feel
that by giving these people
00:34:56:01 --> 00:34:58:07
the opportunity to make
their voice heard,
00:34:58:07 --> 00:35:00:03
and leaving the choice to them,
00:35:00:03 --> 00:35:02:23
that's the most ethical
way to navigate
00:35:02:23 --> 00:35:05:08
this very complex situation.
00:35:06:16 --> 00:35:08:08
Other question we assumed was,
00:35:08:08 --> 00:35:10:02
are we on an
intelligence mission,
00:35:10:02 --> 00:35:11:23
even if we're documentarians?
00:35:11:23 --> 00:35:15:06
Documentary filmmaker,
spy for the United States,
00:35:15:06 --> 00:35:16:23
all the same for them,
00:35:16:23 --> 00:35:20:21
if you're trying to encroach
on the power that they have.
00:35:20:21 --> 00:35:23:07
We've got two
individuals coming in
00:35:23:07 --> 00:35:26:21
whose whole job it is
to gather information,
00:35:26:21 --> 00:35:30:04
and not share the same
message they have,
00:35:30:04 --> 00:35:31:17
you're an enemy of the state.
00:35:31:17 --> 00:35:35:02
As long as you are not
deceiving the people
00:35:35:02 --> 00:35:38:11
that you talk to, and you
let them talk to you openly,
00:35:38:11 --> 00:35:40:20
and share that this is
what you're trying to do,
00:35:40:20 --> 00:35:44:12
and you give them that choice,
you give them that freedom,
00:35:44:12 --> 00:35:47:14
to share their story,
then it has to be done.
00:35:47:14 --> 00:35:49:16
They understand
that making a film
00:35:49:16 --> 00:35:52:00
about what's going on
there is honestly going
00:35:52:00 --> 00:35:54:09
to try to do something
to make it better.
00:35:54:09 --> 00:35:56:06
This is how things change.
00:35:56:06 --> 00:35:58:23
In my opinion, it
has to be done.
00:36:02:10 --> 00:36:04:00
The Chinese invited journalists
00:36:04:00 --> 00:36:06:02
from around the world to
visit Tibet this week,,
00:36:06:02 --> 00:36:07:18
authorities thinking
they could control
00:36:07:18 --> 00:36:09:10
what the reporters
would see and hear.
00:36:09:10 --> 00:36:11:12
- Journalists walked
into the Jokhang Temple,
00:36:11:12 --> 00:36:14:00
they had only heard one
side of the story,
00:36:14:00 --> 00:36:15:09
and then this.
00:36:15:12 --> 00:36:16:18
SHOUTING
00:36:16:23 --> 00:36:20:00
Roughly 30 Tibetan monks
clearly not invited.
00:36:20:03 --> 00:36:22:10
It is the first time
since the crisis began
00:36:22:10 --> 00:36:24:20
that the world has heard
from the Tibetan monks
00:36:24:20 --> 00:36:26:08
in Lhasa.
00:36:26:08 --> 00:36:29:02
They treat us unjustly,
cries this man,
00:36:29:02 --> 00:36:30:22
referring to Chinese
security guards.
00:36:30:22 --> 00:36:33:15
They lock us up, don't
allow us to go out.
00:36:33:15 --> 00:36:36:03
Another monk says, "We
don't have freedom.
00:36:36:03 --> 00:36:37:22
We just want freedom."
00:36:37:22 --> 00:36:39:19
The monks had just enough
time to accuse the Chinese
00:36:39:19 --> 00:36:43:13
of dressing up Communist
Party officials in monks robes
00:36:43:13 --> 00:36:46:07
to fool journalists, before
they and the reporters
00:36:46:07 --> 00:36:48:13
were dragged away
from each other.
00:36:48:13 --> 00:36:50:01
- Look what happened
in Paris today,
00:36:50:01 --> 00:36:52:11
where human rights
activists cut the run short.
00:36:52:11 --> 00:36:54:22
- In London, protesters
attacked the flame, itself,
00:36:54:22 --> 00:36:57:06
as it was paraded
through the city.
00:37:01:09 --> 00:37:03:12
- And in San Francisco,
three demonstrators
00:37:03:12 --> 00:37:05:22
managed to climb on
the Golden Gate Bridge,
00:37:05:22 --> 00:37:07:11
where they unfurled a banner,
00:37:07:11 --> 00:37:09:16
calling for a free Tibet.
00:37:09:16 --> 00:37:11:23
- This is what we'd come to see,
00:37:11:23 --> 00:37:15:10
a brief moment of
protest, soon snuffed out.
00:37:15:10 --> 00:37:18:05
The Tibet banner is
illegal, but our presence,
00:37:18:05 --> 00:37:21:17
as journalists is
permitted by promises made
00:37:21:17 --> 00:37:23:23
in Beijing in return
for the games.
00:37:23:23 --> 00:37:27:09
No one seems to have
told the Chinese police.
00:37:29:00 --> 00:37:32:06
On the left, CNN's
regular broadcast.
00:37:32:06 --> 00:37:34:11
On the right, the
blacked out screen
00:37:34:11 --> 00:37:37:04
seen by viewers in
mainland China.
00:37:37:04 --> 00:37:40:06
- Repeated requests to travel
to Tibet for this report
00:37:40:06 --> 00:37:42:00
have been denied.
00:37:42:00 --> 00:37:46:02
- I've been arrested by the
Chinese police for doing,
00:37:46:02 --> 00:37:48:04
just trying to cover
the protest here.
00:37:48:04 --> 00:37:49:15
- I'm a journalist.
00:37:49:15 --> 00:37:52:14
Little good does it do me.
00:37:56:10 --> 00:37:58:05
There is an
ethical imperative
00:37:58:05 --> 00:38:00:07
for that information
to get out that I think
00:38:00:07 --> 00:38:02:23
as a journalist
supersedes Chinese laws.
00:38:02:23 --> 00:38:05:12
Now, that doesn't mean
that if one is apprehended,
00:38:05:12 --> 00:38:08:10
going into the country, there
couldn't be repercussions,
00:38:08:10 --> 00:38:10:04
including being
imprisoned, tortured,
00:38:10:04 --> 00:38:12:20
or possibly being
executed, but certainly,
00:38:12:20 --> 00:38:15:04
there's an ethical
imperative to get information
00:38:15:04 --> 00:38:17:04
out of a place that's closed.
00:38:17:09 --> 00:38:19:15
Now, if journalists are
there independently,
00:38:19:15 --> 00:38:21:06
then I think the
trick is to keep
00:38:21:06 --> 00:38:24:02
from having Chinese
authorities realize
00:38:24:02 --> 00:38:25:07
that you are there.
00:38:25:07 --> 00:38:27:01
It's very difficult,
of course, for anyone
00:38:27:01 --> 00:38:28:19
who's outside of the region,
00:38:28:19 --> 00:38:30:16
who doesn't look or
speak the language,
00:38:30:16 --> 00:38:32:03
to be able to move
in that environment,
00:38:32:03 --> 00:38:33:09
without being detected.
00:38:57:13 --> 00:38:58:22
Accredited journalists
00:38:58:22 --> 00:39:02:14
were being arrested and
denied access to most all
00:39:02:14 --> 00:39:04:17
of Tibet, so there was
really not gonna be
00:39:04:17 --> 00:39:06:10
a formal way that
we could do this,
00:39:06:10 --> 00:39:07:19
as much as we wanted to.
00:39:07:19 --> 00:39:09:15
A government guided tour
wasn't even possible.
00:39:09:15 --> 00:39:11:09
The experts kept
telling us we need
00:39:11:09 --> 00:39:14:01
to develop a sophisticated ruse.
00:39:14:22 --> 00:39:16:11
The Tibetans gave us the idea
00:39:16:11 --> 00:39:18:20
to try to get in on a
tourist visa, with the intent
00:39:18:20 --> 00:39:22:02
being to explore the mini
carpet factories in the region.
00:39:22:02 --> 00:39:23:12
What better area than Tibet,
00:39:23:12 --> 00:39:25:10
famous for its carpets.
00:39:26:07 --> 00:39:28:02
With this carpet
factory itinerary,
00:39:28:02 --> 00:39:29:21
the hope was we could
evade the suspicion
00:39:29:21 --> 00:39:32:05
of Chinese authorities
long enough to gain access
00:39:32:05 --> 00:39:34:03
to these sensitive regions.
00:39:35:09 --> 00:39:39:08
TENSE MUSIC
00:39:54:12 --> 00:40:06:23
EXOTIC MUSIC
00:40:14:15 --> 00:40:24:09
EXOTIC MUSIC
00:40:25:12 --> 00:40:26:20
With all of the preparation
00:40:26:20 --> 00:40:29:02
we had done, it's a
whole different thing,
00:40:29:02 --> 00:40:31:06
we actually land in China.
00:40:32:05 --> 00:40:33:12
It's a Communist country.
00:40:33:12 --> 00:40:35:01
They can imprison you, jail you,
00:40:35:01 --> 00:40:37:09
question you, no
matter who you are.
00:40:37:19 --> 00:40:42:05
INTENSE MUSIC
00:40:54:00 --> 00:40:56:13
We're flying just
to go sightseeing.
00:40:56:13 --> 00:40:57:19
- We're going all
over the place.
00:40:57:19 --> 00:40:58:20
We're gonna go to Chengdu.
00:41:12:06 --> 00:41:13:12
Our hearts were pounding
00:41:13:12 --> 00:41:14:18
after the police search.
00:41:14:18 --> 00:41:17:13
We realize at any second,
anything can go wrong.
00:41:17:21 --> 00:41:19:21
I thought that the whole
trip was going to be over
00:41:19:21 --> 00:41:21:17
before it even got started.
00:41:22:23 --> 00:41:24:08
We knew if we tried to travel
00:41:24:08 --> 00:41:26:06
with professional cameras
and hard drives,
00:41:26:06 --> 00:41:28:01
we'd have probably
only gotten as far
00:41:28:01 --> 00:41:30:01
as the Beijing airport,
so we worked closely
00:41:30:01 --> 00:41:31:22
with friends of ours
in the tech sector
00:41:31:22 --> 00:41:34:11
to create hidden file
folders in our iPods.
00:41:34:14 --> 00:41:36:14
This way, in case the
authorities got a hold
00:41:36:14 --> 00:41:38:10
of our equipment, they'd
never be able to view
00:41:38:10 --> 00:41:40:07
the video footage.
00:41:40:07 --> 00:41:43:06
We also worked with very
small consumer grade cameras
00:41:43:06 --> 00:41:46:05
that we could carry with us
at all times as tourists.
00:41:47:13 --> 00:41:49:16
This would provide
safety for ourselves,
00:41:49:16 --> 00:41:52:03
and any Tibetans we
planned to interview.
00:41:52:18 --> 00:41:59:08
INTENSE MUSIC
00:41:59:16 --> 00:42:01:22
CHATTERING
00:42:04:15 --> 00:42:08:21
Had a minor debacle
at Lang'er Airport.
00:42:09:05 --> 00:42:11:20
Unable to locate our
hotel or the person
00:42:11:20 --> 00:42:13:15
who's supposed to meet us.
00:42:13:15 --> 00:42:16:12
Definitely meet up
with him later.
00:42:17:13 --> 00:42:19:05
After arriving, we
finally made it
00:42:19:05 --> 00:42:22:03
to the hotel around 4 AM,
and we met up with our guide.
00:42:23:00 --> 00:42:26:05
Tomorrow, we
would probably, if we go
00:42:26:05 --> 00:42:27:23
to the big monastery.
00:42:28:16 --> 00:42:30:01
- Tomorrow afternoon.
00:42:30:01 --> 00:42:31:07
Tomorrow afternoon?
- Yeah.
00:42:31:07 --> 00:42:32:17
We will go to which place there?
00:42:32:17 --> 00:42:34:01
Tongren.
00:42:34:01 --> 00:42:35:13
Find out what's going on there.
00:42:35:13 --> 00:42:36:10
- Yeah.
00:42:36:10 --> 00:42:37:22
There's some people
that might talk,
00:42:37:22 --> 00:42:39:03
on camera, maybe.
00:42:39:03 --> 00:42:40:10
Yeah.
00:42:42:07 --> 00:42:44:06
Our guides were well informed
00:42:44:06 --> 00:42:46:10
as to our intentions,
and to get into
00:42:46:10 --> 00:42:49:03
the most conflicted regions
of Tibet, and ultimately,
00:42:49:03 --> 00:42:50:21
in Labrang Monastery.
00:42:53:12 --> 00:42:54:13
Impossible?
00:42:55:22 --> 00:42:58:07
It's impossible for him and
I to go, but you could go?
00:42:58:07 --> 00:42:59:07
Yeah.
00:42:59:07 --> 00:43:00:23
- And we can't get
in there, you said.
00:43:01:04 --> 00:43:03:06
Can we try?
00:43:03:19 --> 00:43:09:03
SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
00:43:19:13 --> 00:43:26:01
TENSE MUSIC
00:43:26:01 --> 00:43:27:02
What's going on?
00:43:27:02 --> 00:43:28:02
Where are we?
00:43:28:02 --> 00:43:29:04
- We're in...
00:43:29:04 --> 00:43:30:15
- Xining.
00:43:31:16 --> 00:43:36:14
TENSE MUSIC
00:43:36:21 --> 00:43:38:13
Xining is 20
kilometres from where
00:43:38:13 --> 00:43:40:23
the current Dalai Lama was born.
00:43:40:23 --> 00:43:43:04
It's an ancient capital
of Tibet that now
00:43:43:04 --> 00:43:46:04
has been absorbed
into modern China.
00:43:49:17 --> 00:43:51:12
You have these ideas of what
00:43:51:12 --> 00:43:53:22
this Chinese city called
Xining on the Tibetan border
00:43:53:22 --> 00:43:56:08
is gonna look like,
and then you get there,
00:43:56:08 --> 00:43:59:17
and it's a massive,
sprawling metropolis.
00:44:02:12 --> 00:44:10:12
DANCE BEAT
00:44:11:19 --> 00:44:13:20
Immediately, it became
obvious that we
00:44:13:20 --> 00:44:15:18
were being followed
and photographed.
00:44:16:07 --> 00:44:18:15
Long lens camera,
cell phone cameras,
00:44:18:15 --> 00:44:21:13
surreptitiously taking
our photographs.
00:44:21:13 --> 00:44:24:16
Everywhere we went, we
realized we were being watched.
00:44:32:17 --> 00:44:33:23
5 0 everywhere?
00:44:33:23 --> 00:44:35:04
- Yeah, definitely.
00:44:35:04 --> 00:44:37:06
It' definitely time for
us to get out of here.
00:44:38:01 --> 00:44:39:22
This was only a few days in
00:44:39:22 --> 00:44:41:21
to us being there
that we realized this
00:44:41:21 --> 00:44:44:01
is gonna be a very
formidable battle to get any
00:44:44:01 --> 00:44:47:20
of this information back
to India, Kathmandu,
00:44:47:20 --> 00:44:50:00
and the rest of the world.
00:44:55:07 --> 00:44:58:05
You know, when you checked
out and took the bags,
00:44:58:05 --> 00:44:59:23
and I went back inside
my room for a minute,
00:44:59:23 --> 00:45:03:12
I opened the door, and there
was a very well dressed guy,
00:45:03:12 --> 00:45:07:12
about 45, with a card,
putting it into my door,
00:45:07:12 --> 00:45:10:03
and he opened my door
on me, and he goes,
00:45:10:03 --> 00:45:12:12
"Oh," and he kinda
walked
back down the hall,
00:45:12:12 --> 00:45:14:12
and went into 1811.
00:45:15:00 --> 00:45:16:08
DOOR CLOSING
00:45:18:12 --> 00:45:20:11
It's our first day, and already,
00:45:20:11 --> 00:45:22:04
we're having a small
taste of what it's like,
00:45:22:04 --> 00:45:24:19
being followed and photographed,
00:45:24:19 --> 00:45:27:04
having our rooms
illegally searched.
00:45:27:04 --> 00:45:29:01
All of this makes us wanna
just pick up the phone,
00:45:29:01 --> 00:45:31:02
and call the police,
but most likely,
00:45:31:02 --> 00:45:32:19
they're the ones
actually doing it.
00:45:33:18 --> 00:45:36:05
It's one thing to prepare
for all of this,
00:45:36:05 --> 00:45:39:01
and it's another thing
to actually live it.
00:45:39:01 --> 00:45:40:19
Our stress levels are
running really high,
00:45:40:19 --> 00:45:42:13
and we just got here.
00:45:45:17 --> 00:45:48:12
TENSE MUSIC
00:45:55:04 --> 00:46:10:17
TENSE MUSIC
00:46:13:11 --> 00:46:15:04
CATTLE MOOING
00:46:16:11 --> 00:46:20:06
BIRD SQUAWKING
00:46:22:12 --> 00:46:31:06
TENSE MUSIC
00:46:31:20 --> 00:46:33:19
It was an amazing feeling
to finally leave
00:46:33:19 --> 00:46:36:05
the chaos of the city of Xining,
00:46:36:05 --> 00:46:38:00
and get to the
Tibetan countryside.
00:46:39:22 --> 00:46:41:21
We came upon a
Buddhist monastery
00:46:41:21 --> 00:46:43:13
that had been there
for centuries.
00:46:44:15 --> 00:46:47:05
It was difficult to
learn that, in 1959,
00:46:47:05 --> 00:46:49:22
the People's Liberation
Army invaded the region,
00:46:49:22 --> 00:46:53:16
and destroyed over 6200
of these monasteries.
00:46:56:02 --> 00:46:58:12
By 1976, only eight remained.
00:47:02:10 --> 00:47:04:11
But the ones that do remain
are incredible places.
00:47:04:11 --> 00:47:07:09
They seem to be the guardian
of the Tibetan people,
00:47:07:09 --> 00:47:08:23
and their heritage.
00:47:09:15 --> 00:47:11:19
GONG
00:47:12:01 --> 00:47:15:00
Our guides told us the name
of the monastery is Rebkong.
00:47:15:03 --> 00:47:17:21
During the March protest
only a few months ago,
00:47:17:21 --> 00:47:19:17
armed police moved in.
00:47:22:01 --> 00:47:23:19
It was a little frustrating,
because we had come
00:47:23:19 --> 00:47:25:09
all this way, and it
was so important for us
00:47:25:09 --> 00:47:28:03
to get interviews, and to
speak with these monks,
00:47:28:03 --> 00:47:30:12
but it was far too dangerous
for us to talk to them,
00:47:30:12 --> 00:47:32:01
or interview them.
00:47:46:03 --> 00:47:48:02
Even way out here
in the countryside,
00:47:48:02 --> 00:47:50:05
the police were following
us everywhere.
00:47:53:20 --> 00:47:55:13
What's going on right now?
00:47:55:13 --> 00:47:58:03
We're walking through
the monastery.
00:47:58:09 --> 00:47:59:19
Being tailed?
00:47:59:19 --> 00:48:00:15
- Yeah.
00:48:01:23 --> 00:48:04:13
That car, it's been
tailing us for a while,
00:48:04:13 --> 00:48:06:12
and we can't seem to lose
them at these monasteries.
00:48:06:12 --> 00:48:08:03
They follow us here.
00:48:09:02 --> 00:48:13:07
TENSE MUSIC
00:48:20:02 --> 00:48:21:04
BRAKES SCREECH
00:48:25:06 --> 00:48:27:00
They are like
flashing headlights.
00:48:27:00 --> 00:48:28:15
- Are they
flashing lights?
00:48:28:15 --> 00:48:30:19
Good, let's stay here,
until they get back.
00:48:31:17 --> 00:48:33:07
I hear something.
00:48:36:02 --> 00:48:37:17
That same silver car
that's been following us
00:48:37:17 --> 00:48:40:04
just stopped on the hill,
and now it's backing up.
00:48:48:07 --> 00:48:50:04
HORN HONKING
00:48:56:21 --> 00:48:59:06
What's our plan of attack?
00:48:59:21 --> 00:49:01:12
We don't have one.
00:49:03:20 --> 00:49:05:17
With the constant
police pressure on us,
00:49:05:17 --> 00:49:07:18
we were finding it
extremely difficult
00:49:07:18 --> 00:49:10:20
to safely interview these
people that wanted to speak out.
00:49:10:20 --> 00:49:12:21
It would be too dangerous
for anyone involved,
00:49:12:21 --> 00:49:15:06
unless we could
guarantee their safety,
00:49:15:06 --> 00:49:17:12
and even that would
be uncertain.
00:49:22:17 --> 00:49:23:21
Why did they follow us?
00:49:29:10 --> 00:49:31:02
Do you guys feel safe with us?
00:49:34:18 --> 00:49:37:01
Yeah, we're gonna have to
separate from you guys, right?
00:49:37:01 --> 00:49:38:18
Travelling through here?
- Yep.
00:49:46:10 --> 00:49:47:15
The guides wanted us
00:49:47:15 --> 00:49:49:11
to leave the
restaurant separately.
00:49:49:11 --> 00:49:52:08
After we did, we lost
the police tail.
00:49:52:08 --> 00:49:54:02
We really wanted to
honour what the monks
00:49:54:02 --> 00:49:56:20
wanted us to do in
Dharamsala, and talk directly
00:49:56:20 --> 00:49:59:16
to their brothers about
the March uprising.
00:50:03:08 --> 00:50:06:07
We managed to get into a
monastery, which we can't name,
00:50:06:07 --> 00:50:08:11
and we were able to
speak to a senior monk
00:50:08:11 --> 00:50:10:01
in a secluded area.
00:51:14:13 --> 00:51:19:07
ENGINE SPLUTTERING
00:51:22:08 --> 00:51:25:07
It's very emotionally
powerful to hear somebody
00:51:25:07 --> 00:51:28:09
tell stories like this,
the complications
00:51:28:09 --> 00:51:30:14
of just getting someone
to be able to speak to us
00:51:30:14 --> 00:51:33:11
in confidence, and to not
have police watching us,
00:51:33:11 --> 00:51:35:14
is almost impossible to do.
00:51:35:14 --> 00:51:37:02
There's thousands
of these stories,
00:51:37:02 --> 00:51:40:19
and people that want to
share them, and they can't.
00:51:42:20 --> 00:51:46:00
CHANTING AND DRUMS
00:51:46:05 --> 00:51:48:15
Our next stop was to head
to Labrang Monastery,
00:51:48:15 --> 00:51:50:17
where we had contact
that was gonna give us
00:51:50:17 --> 00:51:53:01
some user generated footage
from the March uprising.
00:51:55:11 --> 00:51:57:06
Almost 100 monks were
reported killed there
00:51:57:06 --> 00:51:58:16
during that time.
00:51:59:18 --> 00:52:01:04
Our guides tell us it's one
00:52:01:04 --> 00:52:03:19
of the most tightly controlled
regions in Tibet.
00:52:05:05 --> 00:52:07:13
We're riding to
Gansu to try to get
00:52:07:13 --> 00:52:11:14
into Labrang Monastery, but
we got three cars tailing us.
00:52:11:20 --> 00:52:18:22
POLICE SIRENS
00:52:19:05 --> 00:52:20:12
Hey, turn that off, please.
00:52:20:12 --> 00:52:22:20
Can you turn the
music off, please?
00:52:22:20 --> 00:52:24:23
Can you turn the
music off, please?
00:52:24:23 --> 00:52:27:15
Can you turn the
music off, please?
00:52:27:15 --> 00:52:29:03
Turn the music off, please?
00:52:29:03 --> 00:52:31:12
Can you turn the
music off, please?
00:52:57:19 --> 00:52:59:12
You're going to come back here
and bring us our passports?
00:52:59:12 --> 00:53:00:18
Yes.
- I hope so!
00:53:13:12 --> 00:53:14:23
We got our passports back,
00:53:14:23 --> 00:53:16:20
but it came with a warning.
00:53:16:20 --> 00:53:19:04
The guides were told that
if they travel any further
00:53:19:04 --> 00:53:21:04
with us, then they'll
be arrested.
00:53:21:19 --> 00:53:23:14
The police told us
we're not allowed
00:53:23:14 --> 00:53:25:07
to travel south to
our destination
00:53:25:07 --> 00:53:26:21
of Labrang Monastery.
00:53:34:09 --> 00:53:36:01
The police forced us to go back
00:53:36:01 --> 00:53:37:02
the other direction.
00:53:37:06 --> 00:53:38:06
CAR HORN
00:53:38:11 --> 00:53:40:16
We went to Linxia, so
we could try to regroup,
00:53:40:16 --> 00:53:42:23
and figure out what
our next plan is.
00:53:53:06 --> 00:53:55:12
You guys check our
passports a lot,
00:53:55:12 --> 00:53:56:15
everywhere we go.
00:53:56:15 --> 00:53:57:15
Why is that?
00:54:03:23 --> 00:54:05:04
I know you have the right to.
00:54:05:04 --> 00:54:06:09
I'm just wondering why?
00:54:09:22 --> 00:54:11:11
Oh, yeah, we're touring.
00:54:11:11 --> 00:54:12:17
We're just, we're touring,
00:54:12:17 --> 00:54:15:06
but he was translating for us.
00:54:21:02 --> 00:54:22:13
Do you guys feel safe?
00:54:27:15 --> 00:54:28:20
They'll find a reason?
00:54:36:00 --> 00:54:37:08
Our concern for the safety
00:54:37:08 --> 00:54:39:14
of our guides is now
more serious than ever.
00:54:41:15 --> 00:54:42:23
We've been kicked out
00:54:42:23 --> 00:54:45:03
of the Tibet autonomous
region, and denied access
00:54:45:03 --> 00:54:47:11
in any way to Labrang Monastery.
00:54:47:14 --> 00:54:49:04
The opening ceremonies
are tomorrow,
00:54:49:04 --> 00:54:52:18
and we definitely can feel
the noose is being tightened.
00:54:55:05 --> 00:54:57:05
Less than 24 hours before
00:54:57:05 --> 00:54:59:21
the 2008 Summer Olympic
Games, and the city of Beijing
00:54:59:21 --> 00:55:02:22
is brimming with anticipation,
as crowds of people
00:55:02:22 --> 00:55:05:18
from all over the world
pour into the city.
00:55:05:23 --> 00:55:07:15
- At the hotel, the
guides told us
00:55:07:15 --> 00:55:09:21
that the police had
checked into the rooms
00:55:09:21 --> 00:55:12:10
on either side of us,
they'd sandwiched us in.
00:55:12:10 --> 00:55:13:19
- We were also
told that they may
00:55:13:19 --> 00:55:15:23
have been using listening
devices, planted in our rooms.
00:55:15:23 --> 00:55:18:13
If any tiny piece of
information slips,
00:55:18:13 --> 00:55:20:12
everything else is for naught.
00:55:27:19 --> 00:55:29:11
We need
to call the police.
00:55:29:13 --> 00:55:31:10
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
00:55:31:15 --> 00:55:32:21
They were here yesterday.
00:55:32:21 --> 00:55:34:09
- They questioned us yesterday.
00:55:34:09 --> 00:55:36:12
We need to talk to them
about our situation.
00:56:27:03 --> 00:56:39:12
INTENSE MUSIC
00:56:40:11 --> 00:56:44:03
The police have somehow
accessed my computer,
00:56:44:03 --> 00:56:47:15
and my entire
desktop was erased.
00:56:48:03 --> 00:56:50:10
Anything we plug into the
computer at this point
00:56:50:10 --> 00:56:52:10
becomes bug ridden.
00:56:52:20 --> 00:56:54:20
- As of about two hours ago,
00:56:54:20 --> 00:56:59:06
my website and all
of its components,
00:56:59:06 --> 00:57:02:12
and my email is completely
wiped out, and doesn't exist,
00:57:02:12 --> 00:57:04:01
on the web.
00:57:18:00 --> 00:57:19:12
Inside this stadium
00:57:19:12 --> 00:57:21:08
is absolutely electrifying.
00:57:22:04 --> 00:57:40:20
CROWD CHEERING
00:57:48:10 --> 00:57:53:03
CROWD CHEERING
00:57:53:11 --> 00:57:58:15
FIREWORKS
00:58:08:04 --> 00:58:11:21
Tenzin Tsundue was the
first to be arrested.
00:58:12:04 --> 00:58:18:15
SHOUTING
00:58:19:08 --> 00:58:22:12
Every one of the hundred
marchers was taken away
00:58:22:12 --> 00:58:24:12
by the Indian police.
00:58:24:16 --> 00:58:27:15
COMMOTION
00:58:27:19 --> 00:58:29:04
After hearing the news
00:58:29:04 --> 00:58:31:01
of the breakup of
Tsundue's march,
00:58:31:01 --> 00:58:34:01
and their arrest at the
border, was a big blow
00:58:34:01 --> 00:58:35:16
for everybody in the
Tibetan community.
00:58:36:05 --> 00:58:37:16
Hello, Z.
00:58:37:16 --> 00:58:39:01
Hey, it's Darren.
00:58:39:04 --> 00:58:40:07
RADIO
00:58:40:07 --> 00:58:42:09
Turn that down.
00:58:42:12 --> 00:58:43:13
Everyone had hoped
00:58:43:13 --> 00:58:46:04
that Lhamo Tso's husband,
Dhondup Wangchen,
00:58:46:04 --> 00:58:48:11
had just been in hiding,
but the official word
00:58:48:11 --> 00:58:50:17
about his arrest gave
the Tibetan community
00:58:50:17 --> 00:58:53:20
reason for serious concern
about his well being.
00:58:57:14 --> 00:59:00:11
Documentary filmmaker,
Dhondup Wangchen,
00:59:00:11 --> 00:59:03:08
was arrested by the
Chinese Communist regime,
00:59:03:08 --> 00:59:06:04
for allegedly incited
separatist activities.
00:59:06:12 --> 00:59:09:07
The self taught
filmmaker
co produced the documentary
00:59:09:07 --> 00:59:11:08
Leaving Fear Behind.
00:59:11:08 --> 00:59:13:23
It features interviews
of more than 100 Tibetans
00:59:13:23 --> 00:59:15:14
living in China.
00:59:15:14 --> 00:59:18:21
They speak about life under
the Chinese regime's rule,
00:59:18:21 --> 00:59:22:21
the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and
the Tibetan spiritual leader,
00:59:22:21 --> 00:59:24:13
the Dalai Lama.
00:59:24:13 --> 00:59:27:08
Wangchen's wife and four
children escaped China
00:59:27:08 --> 00:59:32:01
in 2006, and are currently
living in India as refugees.
00:59:34:05 --> 00:59:35:22
The news hit us really hard
00:59:35:22 --> 00:59:37:21
about what happened
to Dhondup Wangchen,
00:59:37:21 --> 00:59:40:04
and what his family
must be going through.
00:59:40:23 --> 00:59:43:13
The Chinese secret police
were following us more closely
00:59:43:13 --> 00:59:45:19
and blatantly than ever.
00:59:45:19 --> 00:59:47:23
Just because we have US
passports doesn't mean
00:59:47:23 --> 00:59:50:19
that something bad may
not happen to us,
00:59:50:19 --> 00:59:53:06
but I think it reinstilled
in us the importance
00:59:53:06 --> 00:59:55:01
of what we were there to do,
00:59:55:01 --> 00:59:57:06
to get through to
Labrang Monastery,
00:59:57:06 --> 01:00:00:11
and a contact there that
had user generated footage,
01:00:01:04 --> 01:00:03:11
Labrang being one of
the most closely watched
01:00:03:11 --> 01:00:06:10
and fiercely guarded
monasteries inside Tibet.
01:00:07:15 --> 01:00:13:10
TENSE MUSIC
01:00:14:06 --> 01:00:16:01
We were only 15 miles
01:00:16:01 --> 01:00:17:15
from the monastery.
01:00:19:03 --> 01:00:21:16
We decided with our guides
gone there's nothing to lose.
01:00:21:16 --> 01:00:23:19
Let's rent a car,
let's get a driver,
01:00:23:19 --> 01:00:25:14
and let's make a run
for Labrang Monastery,
01:00:25:14 --> 01:00:27:12
and that's what we did.
01:00:30:13 --> 01:00:32:09
Riot police are blocking roads
01:00:32:09 --> 01:00:35:05
leading to the monastery
town of Tongren.
01:00:35:05 --> 01:00:38:09
Foreigners and reporters
are being refused entry.
01:00:40:12 --> 01:00:42:06
Gotta show my passports.
01:00:42:22 --> 01:00:53:06
TENSE MUSIC
01:00:56:20 --> 01:00:58:02
COUGHING
01:01:00:12 --> 01:01:03:09
SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE
01:01:03:18 --> 01:01:05:05
Foreign passport?
01:01:06:13 --> 01:01:09:03
SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE
01:01:10:11 --> 01:01:12:18
She says we have to
go back to Linxia.
01:01:14:09 --> 01:01:15:18
Yeah, okay.
01:01:16:21 --> 01:01:18:08
Okay, we'll call Stephen.
01:01:18:08 --> 01:01:19:15
Thank you.
01:01:19:15 --> 01:01:21:12
Okay, bye bye.
01:01:21:12 --> 01:01:23:03
Can we make a phone call?
01:01:26:18 --> 01:01:28:11
We just came from Linxia.
01:01:29:13 --> 01:01:34:12
We, our airline tickets
from Xuan Airport.
01:01:34:12 --> 01:01:36:01
- We need to go
fly out of there.
01:01:36:01 --> 01:01:37:15
We have no more money.
01:01:37:23 --> 01:01:40:14
Call the US embassy, he said.
01:01:43:09 --> 01:01:44:16
Pretty much end of the road.
01:01:44:16 --> 01:01:48:02
They surrounded us, and
said, "Get the hell out,"
01:01:48:02 --> 01:01:50:10
and I made a phone call
to an interpreter,
01:01:50:10 --> 01:01:52:11
and he said, "They don't
want to listen to me."
01:01:52:11 --> 01:01:54:05
They said, "Get out."
01:01:56:16 --> 01:01:58:19
Clearly, the police had
the directive to force us
01:01:58:19 --> 01:02:01:07
out of the country,
but instead of taking
01:02:01:07 --> 01:02:03:17
an international
flight to the states,
01:02:03:17 --> 01:02:05:16
we took a domestic flight
to the southern city
01:02:05:16 --> 01:02:07:06
of Chengdu.
01:02:07:06 --> 01:02:10:10
This would be our last shot
to get into Labrang Monastery,
01:02:10:10 --> 01:02:12:22
coming in from the
southern part of Tibet.
01:02:15:11 --> 01:02:17:09
Is someone tailing us?
01:02:17:09 --> 01:02:18:13
- Oh, yeah.
01:02:18:13 --> 01:02:21:14
Three guys over here just
booked a flight to Chengdu.
01:02:21:14 --> 01:02:23:06
They followed us from the hotel,
01:02:23:06 --> 01:02:25:14
and they all three
booked a flight.
01:02:25:22 --> 01:02:28:22
PLANE ENGINE
01:02:33:12 --> 01:02:35:15
What's going on right now?
01:02:35:15 --> 01:02:37:14
Heading to a hotel in Chengdu.
01:02:37:14 --> 01:02:39:11
We got tails already?
01:02:39:11 --> 01:02:41:02
- Yeah, we do.
01:02:41:02 --> 01:02:42:16
By the time we checked
into the hotel,
01:02:42:16 --> 01:02:45:12
they were right on us,
and for whatever reason,
01:02:45:12 --> 01:02:48:16
they're just non stop,
everywhere we go.
01:02:48:16 --> 01:02:50:05
It's a bit disturbing.
01:02:50:05 --> 01:02:52:12
- The hotel staff was very
nice when we got there,
01:02:52:12 --> 01:02:54:01
and then we come
down from our room,
01:02:54:01 --> 01:02:55:11
and the police were
talking to them,
01:02:55:11 --> 01:02:56:15
and now, they won't
even talk to us.
01:02:56:15 --> 01:02:58:01
They're too afraid
to talk to us.
01:02:58:01 --> 01:02:59:16
- How long we been here?
01:02:59:16 --> 01:03:01:19
We've been here
for 45 minutes.
01:03:02:07 --> 01:03:07:12
TENSE MUSIC
01:03:09:15 --> 01:03:11:23
It's been confirmed that we
have audio video surveillance
01:03:11:23 --> 01:03:13:08
in our rooms.
01:03:13:08 --> 01:03:15:05
They've been going through
our iPods, and our stuff,
01:03:15:05 --> 01:03:18:04
so we're planting a audio
recorder under the TV today,
01:03:18:04 --> 01:03:21:06
to hopefully capture them
going through our stuff.
01:03:23:04 --> 01:03:24:22
These same two guys
on the motorcycle
01:03:24:22 --> 01:03:26:12
have been following
us around all day,
01:03:26:12 --> 01:03:28:16
and it started to become
pretty nerve wrecking.
01:03:29:09 --> 01:03:32:06
The intimidation factor
started to go through the roof,
01:03:32:06 --> 01:03:33:23
24 hours a day.
01:03:33:23 --> 01:03:36:02
It really became frustrating,
because we couldn't help
01:03:36:02 --> 01:03:38:06
these people the
way we wanted to,
01:03:38:06 --> 01:03:40:12
and guarantee their safety.
01:03:41:23 --> 01:03:43:21
Can we just
hang out for a second?
01:03:54:08 --> 01:04:09:03
TENSE DRUMS
01:05:32:01 --> 01:05:34:23
They broke into our
room, and they found
01:05:34:23 --> 01:05:38:23
a recorder that we
had planted to find
01:05:38:23 --> 01:05:40:14
who was breaking into our room,
01:05:40:14 --> 01:05:42:12
and they ripped it off
the back of the television
01:05:42:12 --> 01:05:44:22
set where it was stashed,
and they took it.
01:05:44:22 --> 01:05:46:06
It's pretty serious.
01:05:46:06 --> 01:05:48:08
- It's disturbing, because
they're going through
01:05:48:08 --> 01:05:49:19
our rooms and going
through our stuff.
01:05:49:19 --> 01:05:51:15
They're hacking the phones,
hacking the computers,
01:05:51:15 --> 01:05:52:19
hacking everything.
01:05:52:19 --> 01:05:55:09
- It's not really a cat
and mouse game anymore.
01:05:55:09 --> 01:05:59:03
There are deep concerns that
we have for other individuals
01:05:59:03 --> 01:06:02:12
that have been with us,
and we want to make it
01:06:02:12 --> 01:06:04:16
our first priority.
01:06:05:01 --> 01:06:07:21
TENSE MUSIC
01:06:08:20 --> 01:06:11:03
They know that we're
watching them.
01:06:11:03 --> 01:06:13:04
They might assume
that we're spies.
01:06:13:04 --> 01:06:15:12
All those things that we
talked about with people
01:06:15:12 --> 01:06:17:09
before we came here.
01:06:17:09 --> 01:06:19:10
If they catch you with
any of this stuff,
01:06:19:10 --> 01:06:20:23
we're in deep shit.
01:06:22:00 --> 01:06:39:07
TENSE MUSIC
01:06:46:08 --> 01:06:51:23
HEAVY BREATHING RETCHING
01:06:54:13 --> 01:06:58:08
PHONE RINGING
01:06:58:15 --> 01:07:00:09
Yo, buddy, what's going on?
01:07:00:09 --> 01:07:01:20
I've been knocking on your door.
01:07:01:20 --> 01:07:02:22
Where you at?
01:07:02:22 --> 01:07:04:13
I'm gonna go back downstairs,
and see if I can find you,
01:07:04:13 --> 01:07:07:05
but I need to get your
iPod, so call me back.
01:07:07:05 --> 01:07:08:16
Hey, where you at?
01:07:08:16 --> 01:07:09:17
Didn't see you downstairs.
01:07:09:17 --> 01:07:10:15
I gotta get your iPod back.
01:07:10:15 --> 01:07:12:08
Are you all right?
01:07:12:08 --> 01:07:14:22
Fourth message, it's 2.30,
I'm kind freaking out here.
01:07:14:22 --> 01:07:16:10
We gotta get on the road.
01:07:16:10 --> 01:07:18:00
Gonna get to the
airport, I guess.
01:07:18:00 --> 01:07:19:04
Just take whatever
flight we can.
01:07:19:04 --> 01:07:20:12
I'm just gonna call
Kaplan right now.
01:07:20:12 --> 01:07:22:14
Figure out how to arrange it.
01:07:22:14 --> 01:07:23:21
Call me back.
01:07:24:04 --> 01:07:25:22
Steve, it's CJ.
01:07:25:22 --> 01:07:28:00
It's about 4.30 in
the morning here.
01:07:28:00 --> 01:07:29:12
I haven't been able to
get ahold of Darren.
01:07:29:12 --> 01:07:30:17
It's very strange.
01:07:30:17 --> 01:07:33:15
We had kind of a weird few
moments this afternoon.
01:07:33:15 --> 01:07:35:10
They broke into our
room, they're not leaving
01:07:35:10 --> 01:07:37:06
a police report, so we're
gonna pull the plug,
01:07:37:06 --> 01:07:38:22
and try to get out of here.
01:07:46:04 --> 01:08:03:13
TENSE MUSIC
01:08:12:18 --> 01:08:17:23
MUSIC
01:08:18:10 --> 01:08:20:15
Three days before
the Olympics,
01:08:20:15 --> 01:08:23:17
we were on a secret mission.
01:08:23:17 --> 01:08:29:05
Our plan was to plant
ourselves in Tibet,
01:08:29:05 --> 01:08:31:11
and send the video images
01:08:31:11 --> 01:08:33:23
to the international community,
01:08:33:23 --> 01:08:38:09
but little before that,
on the 4th of August,
01:08:38:09 --> 01:08:40:08
we got arrested.
01:08:41:14 --> 01:08:43:03
All 60 of us.
01:08:43:17 --> 01:08:46:18
I really felt bad that
I couldn't do much,
01:08:48:23 --> 01:08:52:19
and again, in the
bigger picture,
01:08:52:19 --> 01:08:54:18
in this struggle, I
think we are still
01:08:54:18 --> 01:08:57:05
not really ready.
01:08:58:13 --> 01:09:02:17
We need lot more strength,
planning, and strategizing.
01:10:17:09 --> 01:10:23:00
TENSE MUSIC
01:10:23:16 --> 01:10:25:12
Darren and I were lucky.
01:10:25:12 --> 01:10:28:10
Unlike the Tibetans, we could
actually leave the country.
01:10:32:03 --> 01:10:33:12
Breaking into our rooms,
01:10:33:12 --> 01:10:34:13
stealing our gear.
01:10:34:13 --> 01:10:35:18
That sort of stuff
I anticipated,
01:10:35:18 --> 01:10:37:03
but I didn't think
they would go so far
01:10:37:03 --> 01:10:39:20
as to poison me with a
low dose of strychnine.
01:10:39:20 --> 01:10:41:21
If they were willing to
do something like that,
01:10:41:21 --> 01:10:43:18
who knows how far
they'll take it.
01:10:45:13 --> 01:10:47:00
Our failure to achieve
01:10:47:00 --> 01:10:49:17
what we had hoped
for inside of Tibet
01:10:49:17 --> 01:10:53:02
actually led us to
uncover a different story,
01:10:53:02 --> 01:10:56:09
a story I think that affects
all of us in the West,
01:10:56:09 --> 01:10:58:20
and maybe, in the same
tactics that China's using
01:10:58:20 --> 01:11:02:04
to control Tibet are spilling
outside of their borders.
01:11:03:03 --> 01:11:10:11
TENSE MUSIC
01:11:10:20 --> 01:11:16:14
PLANE ENGINE
01:11:42:04 --> 01:11:44:14
I spoke to my service
provider, 123eHost,
01:11:44:14 --> 01:11:47:14
and they told me that
there had been thousands
01:11:47:14 --> 01:11:49:17
and thousands of
pings on my website,
01:11:49:17 --> 01:11:51:03
and that's what shut it down,
01:11:51:03 --> 01:11:53:23
and they would not tell
me the root of any of it,
01:11:53:23 --> 01:11:55:12
or where it came from.
01:11:55:12 --> 01:11:57:22
This has never happened
before, and it occurred
01:11:57:22 --> 01:12:00:05
during the time that I
was actually in Tibet.
01:12:02:12 --> 01:12:03:22
The production team
01:12:03:22 --> 01:12:05:12
is in the middle of
editing, and one
01:12:05:12 --> 01:12:07:11
of our brand new
production coordinators
01:12:07:11 --> 01:12:08:20
just got hacked.
01:12:08:20 --> 01:12:10:11
Her Google account
notified her it was from
01:12:10:11 --> 01:12:12:09
an IP address inside China.
01:12:22:16 --> 01:12:24:09
So, what happened here?
01:12:24:09 --> 01:12:27:12
All six accounts
belonging to the six staff
01:12:27:12 --> 01:12:30:02
at the Office of
Tibet were hacked.
01:12:30:06 --> 01:12:32:06
Can you show me on your
computer what happened?
01:12:32:06 --> 01:12:34:22
My colleague, Tola,
he just give me a call,
01:12:34:22 --> 01:12:37:04
and he was like, "Hey,
I want you guys
01:12:37:04 --> 01:12:40:01
to go into the web
mail preferences,
01:12:40:01 --> 01:12:42:22
to see if your mail is
being forwarded elsewhere."
01:12:42:22 --> 01:12:49:21
So, mine were being forwarded to
servers.info.dept
at gmail.com
01:12:50:15 --> 01:12:52:18
and then, of course,
the representative,
01:12:52:18 --> 01:12:55:15
Mr. Lipsang Yendoz,
his
emails were being forwarded
01:12:55:15 --> 01:12:57:10
to these three separate emails.
01:12:57:10 --> 01:13:00:13
Basically, all our emails
were being forwarded.
01:13:00:13 --> 01:13:02:23
That made me very, very worried.
01:13:03:17 --> 01:13:06:08
One of our production
coordinators that warned us
01:13:06:08 --> 01:13:08:16
about all of this had
enough technical knowledge
01:13:08:16 --> 01:13:11:01
in order to capture all
the router traffic
01:13:11:01 --> 01:13:14:12
that happened before her
computer and hard drive crashed.
01:13:16:11 --> 01:13:17:23
After getting all
this information
01:13:17:23 --> 01:13:19:13
from our production coordinator,
01:13:19:13 --> 01:13:21:17
we finally found a
top security expert,
01:13:21:17 --> 01:13:23:18
who's willing to go
through all of it for us.
01:13:23:18 --> 01:13:26:20
She supposedly pulled all
of this off of her router,
01:13:26:20 --> 01:13:29:00
and right when the
hard drive crashed,
01:13:29:00 --> 01:13:31:09
so this was all within
about an hour or so
01:13:31:09 --> 01:13:32:21
of her capturing the data.
01:13:33:08 --> 01:13:34:15
- Definitely
had a lot of connections
01:13:34:15 --> 01:13:35:20
through this router.
01:13:35:20 --> 01:13:39:22
Inbound, outbound, lots of
Chinese IP addresses here,
01:13:39:22 --> 01:13:42:21
so what we're gonna
do is we'll
analyse this data for you,
01:13:42:21 --> 01:13:44:13
and we'll look at
the timing involved
01:13:44:13 --> 01:13:46:08
with these connections,
when they took place,
01:13:46:08 --> 01:13:49:01
and correlate that back
to the hacking attempts,
01:13:49:01 --> 01:13:51:13
and confirm a connection
between the two.
01:13:53:05 --> 01:13:54:12
While our router traffic
01:13:54:12 --> 01:13:56:20
was being analysed, we
were able to get in contact
01:13:56:20 --> 01:14:00:01
with an FBI agent with
cyber security experience.
01:14:00:01 --> 01:14:02:12
- While we were inside of
Tibet, slowly but surely,
01:14:02:12 --> 01:14:04:15
everybody's
communications went down.
01:14:04:15 --> 01:14:08:00
Hard drives, Skype
accounts, text message,
01:14:08:00 --> 01:14:09:12
phone, PAs...
01:14:10:04 --> 01:14:11:18
- Personal websites.
01:14:12:00 --> 01:14:13:09
- To the best of your knowledge,
01:14:13:09 --> 01:14:15:14
did they ever have
access, unfettered access
01:14:15:14 --> 01:14:17:11
to your computers,
where they took them in?
01:14:17:11 --> 01:14:18:09
Oh yeah.
01:14:18:09 --> 01:14:20:01
- Approximately how long?
01:14:20:20 --> 01:14:22:02
Six hours.
01:14:22:02 --> 01:14:23:16
- Your hard drive was
completely copied.
01:14:24:20 --> 01:14:26:23
In fact, if they really
thought something bad
01:14:26:23 --> 01:14:29:04
was going on, the hard
drive in this computer
01:14:29:04 --> 01:14:30:17
is probably not your
original hard drive.
01:14:30:17 --> 01:14:32:13
They don't care what
the rest of us think.
01:14:32:13 --> 01:14:34:17
You guys didn't sign
onto the same rules.
01:14:35:02 --> 01:14:36:23
- Could you tell us what
may have happened to us
01:14:36:23 --> 01:14:39:13
from a cyber angle,
when we got into China,
01:14:39:13 --> 01:14:40:16
during that time period?
01:14:40:19 --> 01:14:43:16
Clearly the Chinese government
was highly interested
01:14:43:16 --> 01:14:45:12
in this, so, if I were to guess,
01:14:45:12 --> 01:14:47:19
I would say that your phones
were completely bugged,
01:14:47:19 --> 01:14:50:08
so they were monitoring
not just your voice calls,
01:14:50:08 --> 01:14:52:11
but your data
transmissions as well.
01:14:52:11 --> 01:14:54:04
One of the things
they could have done
01:14:54:04 --> 01:14:56:08
is inject malicious
code into those emails,
01:14:56:08 --> 01:14:59:11
and try to infect your
contacts, and ultimately,
01:14:59:11 --> 01:15:02:03
gain access to the machines
of the team back home.
01:15:02:03 --> 01:15:05:01
What they would do is understand
who your relationships are,
01:15:05:01 --> 01:15:07:17
go through the contact
list in your phone,
01:15:07:17 --> 01:15:09:14
and then, try to
compromise those people,
01:15:09:14 --> 01:15:12:01
and in this case, their interest
is to identify dissidents
01:15:12:01 --> 01:15:14:00
in the country that
may be helping you,
01:15:14:00 --> 01:15:16:09
identify people that
they can arrest.
01:15:17:04 --> 01:15:18:18
I think that there's
no question,
01:15:18:18 --> 01:15:21:03
they were trying to stop
the production of the film,
01:15:21:03 --> 01:15:23:04
and perhaps, intimidate you.
01:15:23:04 --> 01:15:27:01
I think Americans that think
that we have a lot of freedom
01:15:27:01 --> 01:15:28:23
and prosperity here to
do anything we like,
01:15:28:23 --> 01:15:32:12
they may be surprised to find
out about your experiences,
01:15:32:12 --> 01:15:35:03
and what China has been
able to do to try to stop
01:15:35:03 --> 01:15:37:15
this movie project from
coming to fruition.
01:15:40:04 --> 01:15:42:06
The very Internet
that we thought would be
01:15:42:06 --> 01:15:46:02
our leverage for a mass audience
served as our adversary,
01:15:46:02 --> 01:15:48:02
because the Chinese
government used it
01:15:48:02 --> 01:15:50:08
to infiltrate our system.
01:15:50:08 --> 01:15:52:15
- This is the first time
I'm dealing with any
01:15:52:15 --> 01:15:54:19
of this kind of
technology, with hacking,
01:15:54:19 --> 01:15:57:01
and I think we're finding
out that just trying
01:15:57:01 --> 01:16:01:01
to get general information
from our service providers
01:16:01:01 --> 01:16:02:17
tends to end up in a
bit of a dead end.
01:16:10:21 --> 01:16:12:11
Tenzin Seldon doesn't look
01:16:12:11 --> 01:16:15:05
like the type of person to be
targeted for a cyber attack.
01:16:15:05 --> 01:16:17:23
However, Seldon is also
a human rights activist.
01:16:17:23 --> 01:16:19:21
- It kind of speaks
volumes about China,
01:16:19:21 --> 01:16:20:23
to be quite honest.
01:16:20:23 --> 01:16:22:13
The fact that they're
able to invest,
01:16:22:13 --> 01:16:24:21
and are willing to invest
so much of their resources
01:16:24:21 --> 01:16:28:10
into monitoring my
emails, a 20 year old girl
01:16:28:10 --> 01:16:29:12
from Stanford.
01:16:29:12 --> 01:16:31:04
- China based
hackers broke
01:16:31:04 --> 01:16:33:23
into Google's computers, and
looked at the email accounts
01:16:33:23 --> 01:16:35:15
of human rights activists.
01:16:35:15 --> 01:16:38:10
In the same operation, 29
other companies were hit,
01:16:38:10 --> 01:16:41:18
including Dow Chemical,
Yahoo, and Morgan Stanley.
01:16:41:18 --> 01:16:43:22
- What China's doing
is really focusing
01:16:43:22 --> 01:16:47:10
on the economic espionage,
stealing intellectual property,
01:16:47:10 --> 01:16:50:01
stealing trade secrets,
and negotiation strategy,
01:16:50:01 --> 01:16:52:16
that they're then passing
off to their companies
01:16:52:16 --> 01:16:56:19
to leverage in competition
globally with US companies
01:16:56:19 --> 01:16:57:22
and other Western companies.
01:16:57:22 --> 01:16:59:14
- The Chinese government
doesn't have to put in
01:16:59:14 --> 01:17:02:15
the money and the time,
and the billions of dollars
01:17:02:15 --> 01:17:04:14
for research and development.
01:17:04:14 --> 01:17:06:17
That gives them a complete
unfair playing field.
01:17:06:17 --> 01:17:10:05
- And it also does great damage
to our country's incentives,
01:17:10:05 --> 01:17:12:12
for our people to try
and develop good ideas.
01:17:12:12 --> 01:17:14:19
- Congressional
leaders say China is engaged
01:17:14:19 --> 01:17:18:10
in economic espionage on
a scale never seen before.
01:17:18:15 --> 01:17:20:13
- This may be the greatest
transfer of wealth
01:17:20:13 --> 01:17:23:17
through theft and piracy in
the history of the world,
01:17:23:17 --> 01:17:25:16
and we are in the
losing end of it.
01:17:25:16 --> 01:17:26:23
- How much wealth?
01:17:26:23 --> 01:17:29:05
Intelligence sources say, the US
01:17:29:05 --> 01:17:32:01
is haemorrhaging 250
billion dollars in losses
01:17:32:01 --> 01:17:34:13
to economic espionage annually.
01:17:34:13 --> 01:17:38:05
- The report estimates
that 2.1 million US jobs
01:17:38:05 --> 01:17:40:15
have been lost as a result
of China's organized
01:17:40:15 --> 01:17:42:05
and state sponsored theft.
01:17:42:05 --> 01:17:44:02
- Chairman of the
House Intelligence Committee
01:17:44:02 --> 01:17:46:20
Mike Rogers has launched
an investigation
01:17:46:20 --> 01:17:48:09
into the Chinese threat.
01:17:48:17 --> 01:17:51:10
He says the Chinese have
targeted every sector
01:17:51:10 --> 01:17:52:16
of the US economy.
01:17:52:16 --> 01:17:54:08
- We've seen instances
where they tried
01:17:54:08 --> 01:17:57:07
to steal pharmaceutical
formula information
01:17:57:07 --> 01:18:00:00
to artificially compete
against US companies.
01:18:00:00 --> 01:18:01:18
- Any company can be attacked.
01:18:01:18 --> 01:18:03:10
This is stealing
American wealth,
01:18:03:10 --> 01:18:05:03
it's stealing American jobs.
01:18:05:03 --> 01:18:07:11
It's stealing American
competitive advantage.
01:18:07:11 --> 01:18:08:14
- Is the threat growing?
01:18:08:14 --> 01:18:09:11
- Yes.
01:18:09:11 --> 01:18:12:15
- Chinese cyber spies
gained access to the designs
01:18:12:15 --> 01:18:16:03
for dozens of major
US weapons systems.
01:18:16:03 --> 01:18:18:04
- These are
not just any weapons.
01:18:18:04 --> 01:18:21:11
These are weapons which all
have a very specific role
01:18:21:11 --> 01:18:24:14
in the Pacific pivot, and
would be a particular interest
01:18:24:14 --> 01:18:27:06
to China in coming up
with ways to counter them.
01:18:27:06 --> 01:18:28:13
- The New York Times
01:18:28:13 --> 01:18:30:04
says its Internet
security experts
01:18:30:04 --> 01:18:32:19
traced the origins of the
attacks back to China.
01:18:32:19 --> 01:18:34:18
- We have been told by China
01:18:34:18 --> 01:18:37:00
that there would be
consequences if we went ahead
01:18:37:00 --> 01:18:38:10
and published this story.
01:18:38:10 --> 01:18:39:21
- The New York Times now links
01:18:39:21 --> 01:18:42:08
China's People's
Liberation Army to dozens
01:18:42:08 --> 01:18:45:07
of cyber attacks against
the United States.
01:18:45:07 --> 01:18:47:20
The Chinese government
hotly denies this report.
01:18:47:23 --> 01:18:50:20
"Making baseless
accusations based
01:18:50:20 --> 01:18:53:12
on premature analysis
is irresponsible
01:18:53:12 --> 01:18:54:17
and unprofessional."
01:18:56:05 --> 01:18:59:07
- Never before has the US
government publicly accused
01:18:59:07 --> 01:19:02:20
another country of a cyber
crime, but that's essentially
01:19:02:20 --> 01:19:04:18
what happened today with China.
01:19:04:18 --> 01:19:06:14
- Today, we are
announcing an indictment.
01:19:06:14 --> 01:19:07:23
- The military
men are all charged
01:19:07:23 --> 01:19:10:11
with hacking into
private US companies,
01:19:10:11 --> 01:19:12:19
with the intent
to spy and steal.
01:19:12:19 --> 01:19:14:09
- We don't ask grand
juries to indict
01:19:14:09 --> 01:19:16:14
if we don't have the
evidence, so we would welcome
01:19:16:14 --> 01:19:17:22
the opportunity to offer
01:19:17:22 --> 01:19:20:22
these five Chinese military
hackers their day in court.
01:19:20:22 --> 01:19:23:21
- The five men
hacked into American companies
01:19:23:21 --> 01:19:28:01
for information on nuclear
plant design, and other secrets.
01:19:28:01 --> 01:19:30:13
- Key to the action,
a report issued
01:19:30:13 --> 01:19:32:10
by a division of Fire Eye.
01:19:32:13 --> 01:19:35:23
The Bay Area company monitors
sophisticated cyber attacks
01:19:35:23 --> 01:19:38:05
that occur daily
around the world.
01:19:39:03 --> 01:19:41:15
- This case should serve
as a wake up
call
01:19:41:15 --> 01:19:44:10
to the seriousness of
the ongoing cyber threat.
01:19:44:10 --> 01:19:46:23
- What are we gonna need to
keep the American people safe?
01:19:46:23 --> 01:19:50:18
- They are targeting the
computer control systems.
01:19:50:18 --> 01:19:52:12
- We need to be thinking
about cyber security.
01:19:52:12 --> 01:19:56:08
- That operate
chemical, electricity,
01:19:56:08 --> 01:19:57:19
and water plants.
01:19:57:19 --> 01:20:00:01
- These allegations
are very serious.
01:20:00:01 --> 01:20:02:11
- We cannot look
back years from now,
01:20:02:11 --> 01:20:04:15
and wonder why we did
nothing in the face
01:20:04:15 --> 01:20:07:10
of real threats to our
security, and our economy.
01:20:07:10 --> 01:20:09:12
- They are
ramping it up in a way
01:20:09:12 --> 01:20:12:15
that is breathtakingly
bad for the United States
01:20:12:15 --> 01:20:13:18
of America.
01:20:13:18 --> 01:20:16:23
- What is it gonna take
to get America engaged
01:20:16:23 --> 01:20:19:17
in the stealing of our
computer information?
01:20:19:17 --> 01:20:21:19
- Sony is a corporation.
01:20:22:06 --> 01:20:24:09
It suffered significant damage.
01:20:24:09 --> 01:20:26:16
There were threats
against its employees.
01:20:26:16 --> 01:20:32:13
We cannot have a society
in which some dictator
01:20:32:13 --> 01:20:36:08
some place can start
imposing censorship
01:20:36:08 --> 01:20:39:14
here in the United States,
because if somebody
01:20:39:14 --> 01:20:42:22
is able to intimidate
folks out of releasing
01:20:42:22 --> 01:20:45:11
a satirical movie, imagine
what they start doing
01:20:45:11 --> 01:20:47:20
when they see a documentary
that they don't like.
01:20:48:08 --> 01:20:51:04
- It's gonna take the equivalent
01:20:51:04 --> 01:20:53:17
of an electronic plane
flying into a building
01:20:53:17 --> 01:20:55:12
before people take
this seriously.
01:21:02:08 --> 01:21:04:11
All that the Party
does try to do,
01:21:04:11 --> 01:21:07:04
in terms of building what's
called The Great Firewall,
01:21:07:04 --> 01:21:10:06
for all of their
monitoring of websites,
01:21:10:06 --> 01:21:13:06
and for all their
censorship, they are not able
01:21:13:06 --> 01:21:16:09
to stop the Chinese people
from talking to each other.
01:21:16:09 --> 01:21:19:21
For the first time since the
Tiananmen Massacre in 1989,
01:21:19:21 --> 01:21:22:19
the Chinese people are
having national conversations
01:21:22:19 --> 01:21:24:21
with each other, and
they're able to do that
01:21:24:21 --> 01:21:28:11
because of the Internet,
because of telecommunications.
01:21:28:19 --> 01:21:31:05
The operative concept
is velocity.
01:21:31:05 --> 01:21:35:09
China is moving so fast,
that even the Communist Party
01:21:35:09 --> 01:21:37:12
cannot hang on.
01:21:39:14 --> 01:21:42:22
Technology can control
and manipulate,
01:21:43:21 --> 01:21:46:10
but technology can
also be liberating,
01:21:46:10 --> 01:21:50:12
and can emancipate
people from oppression.
01:21:57:12 --> 01:22:00:11
Something like Facebook,
something like that,
01:22:00:11 --> 01:22:02:16
could be used to
empower any individual
01:22:02:16 --> 01:22:06:16
who's behind a laptop, and
that's a power of Internet.
01:22:06:16 --> 01:22:10:05
That a single individual
can still make a difference.
01:22:10:05 --> 01:22:11:10
- Dhundop Wangchen.
01:22:11:10 --> 01:22:14:04
We hear that his health
condition is deteriorating,
01:22:14:04 --> 01:22:15:19
and it's a huge concern for us.
01:22:15:22 --> 01:22:17:16
Asian media, they
don't take interest,
01:22:17:16 --> 01:22:20:21
but once it hits New York
Times, then it comes back,
01:22:20:21 --> 01:22:23:14
and then, it really becomes big.
01:22:23:14 --> 01:22:28:06
- What we need is a
multi national campaign.
01:22:30:08 --> 01:22:34:21
We understand the importance
of Dhundop Wangchen's
case.
01:22:34:21 --> 01:22:39:03
Not just to his wife,
and his family,
01:22:39:03 --> 01:22:42:06
but the importance it has
to six million Tibetans
01:22:42:06 --> 01:22:43:13
inside Tibet.
01:22:44:23 --> 01:22:46:17
Dhundop Wangchen's
case
01:22:46:17 --> 01:22:47:20
is important.
01:22:47:20 --> 01:22:49:18
I think as a documentary
filmmaker he was silenced
01:22:49:18 --> 01:22:51:22
by China and sent to prison.
01:22:52:17 --> 01:22:55:02
If people don't stand up
for activists like Dhundop,
01:22:55:02 --> 01:22:57:14
then where do we draw the line?
01:22:57:14 --> 01:23:00:16
Darren and I felt like we
could easily be in jail
01:23:00:16 --> 01:23:04:01
like him if it wasn't for
our American passports.
01:23:06:11 --> 01:23:08:02
Christian and I
received a phone call
01:23:08:02 --> 01:23:09:21
from Tenzin Seldon
and Tenzin Tsundo.
01:23:09:21 --> 01:23:11:22
They had hatched a plan
to help raise awareness
01:23:11:22 --> 01:23:14:18
for the plight of
Dhundop Wangchen.
01:23:14:18 --> 01:23:16:12
It was his greatest
hope that his film
01:23:16:12 --> 01:23:18:14
would reach the outside world.
01:23:30:06 --> 01:23:37:17
DANCE BEAT AND SINGING
01:23:38:04 --> 01:23:40:22
The goal was to get a
voice on the world stage
01:23:40:22 --> 01:23:44:23
through technology to
voice her husband's plight.
01:23:44:23 --> 01:23:47:14
- Everyone from all
parts of the world
01:23:47:14 --> 01:23:52:00
are coming together for
this event in New York.
01:23:52:00 --> 01:23:55:20
We have Tenzin Tsundo
coming from Dharamsala.
01:23:56:14 --> 01:24:00:10
We have Lhamo Tso coming to
the US for the first time,
01:24:00:10 --> 01:24:03:06
implementing her
husband's vision.
01:24:04:22 --> 01:24:06:02
I'm so excited.
01:24:06:02 --> 01:24:09:15
I cannot believe that this
is actually happening.
01:24:10:01 --> 01:24:13:06
We will be right under
the Xinhua News Agency,
01:24:13:06 --> 01:24:17:10
broadcasting Dhundop's
movie, Leaving Fear Behind.
01:24:18:15 --> 01:24:21:18
We hope to leverage
this opportunity
01:24:21:18 --> 01:24:25:20
to bring together
technology and activism.
01:24:26:11 --> 01:24:30:12
I am here today to raise
awareness about the case
01:24:30:12 --> 01:24:33:06
of Dhundop Wangchen,
who
has been in prison now
01:24:33:06 --> 01:24:35:00
for six years.
01:24:35:00 --> 01:24:39:06
We're standing for solidarity
with the Tibetan people,
01:24:39:06 --> 01:24:41:14
and their plight.
01:24:43:09 --> 01:24:46:23
It is our belief that
our practice of love
01:24:46:23 --> 01:24:49:17
and compassion
will change China.
01:24:50:11 --> 01:24:53:04
Real love and
compassion has seed.
01:24:53:04 --> 01:24:56:08
Let it grow. Let it grow.
01:24:56:22 --> 01:25:07:16
MUSIC
01:25:08:08 --> 01:25:11:01
Ladies and gentlemen,
it's a great privilege,
01:25:11:01 --> 01:25:13:16
to welcome Lhamo Tso.
01:25:37:12 --> 01:25:52:12
MUSIC
01:26:00:03 --> 01:26:15:16
MUSIC
01:26:24:12 --> 01:26:28:15
MUSIC
01:27:50:07 --> 01:27:52:07
We're the young
generation of Tibet.
01:27:52:07 --> 01:27:54:16
We'll never give up.
01:30:33:09 --> 01:30:34:11
Hello.
01:30:34:13 --> 01:30:35:16
Hey, is this Darren?
01:30:35:16 --> 01:30:36:23
Yes, it is.
01:30:36:23 --> 01:30:38:04
There must been a problem
01:30:38:04 --> 01:30:39:06
with your visa.
01:30:39:06 --> 01:30:43:20
The China consulate, they
did not issue a visa.
01:30:43:20 --> 01:30:45:17
They did not return this.
01:30:45:17 --> 01:30:50:17
It's only yours and another
gentleman was with you,
01:30:50:17 --> 01:30:53:22
and they said that these
two are together.
01:30:53:22 --> 01:30:55:19
I don't know how
they could tell,
01:30:55:19 --> 01:30:57:15
and they are not allowed to go.
01:30:57:15 --> 01:30:59:15
I don't know what happened,
01:30:59:15 --> 01:31:02:16
and when we asked why,
they say they know it.
01:31:03:22 --> 01:31:05:12
- Hmm, interesting.