Kundun / Dalai Lama Paper: Based on the book and augmented by the class video, d
Kundun / Dalai Lama Paper: Based on the book and augmented by the class video, describe,
evaluate and discuss critically the plight of the Dalai Lama and his fellow Tibetans. What also do
you think of the role of the Dalai Lama, and how well and responsibly did he execute it? What
is the meaning and point of the Dalai Lama and Tibet’s resistance to the Chinese?
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