Journalist Amy Yee on the ‘Travels Among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents’

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🗓️ 5 January 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Since China’s annexation of Tibet in the 1950s, more than 100,000 Tibetans have fled the mountainous region, known as the rooftop of the world. Most of those refugees live with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India, citizens of what’s considered the Tibetan government in exile. Journalist Amy Yee has been documenting the stories of Tibetans outside Tibet — in Dharamsala, as well as in Australia, Belgium and New York — and their efforts to preserve their culture abroad. We talk to her about the people, places and rituals she chronicles in her new book, “Far From the Rooftop of the World: Travels Among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents.” Guests: Amy Yee, Bloomberg journalist and author of the new book, “Far from the Rooftop of the World: Travels among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.0	Coming up on Forum, this March, Tibetans in exile all around the world, will observe the 65th anniversary of the uprising in Tibet against China that forced many of them to flee their homes.
1:17.6	Journalist Amy Yi spent years in Dharmasala in India, home of the largest Tibetan refugee population.
1:23.6	And she joins us to share stories from those who fled in the 1950s, including the Dalai Lama and more recent political refugees.
1:31.4	We'll learn about how Tibetan refugees across four continents are maintaining a connection to their homeland
1:36.2	and creatively preserving their culture in new nations.
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1:57.6	Tibet is located on the world's highest plateau. Its average elevation is about 14,000 feet.
2:01.8	And because of that, it's nicknamed the rooftop of the world. But many Tibetans haven't been there for years or even decades. After China invaded and annexed Tibet in
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