and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. and additional support from koo and patricia yuen, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> (speaking tibetan): ♪ ♪ >> narrator: in 2023, after protesting chinese rule, namkyi fled her home in tibet, making a perilous journey across the himalayas. >> namkyi: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (singer trilling) >> this is tibet, china, the roof of the world. its cultural heritage is well protected. freedom of religion is fully guaranteed. (group speaking in unison) >> (in tibetan): ♪ ♪ >> narrator: namkyi is part of a struggle that has raged for 75 years, since china, which has long claimed tibet, invaded the mountain territory. >> namkyi: ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, his holiness the 14th dalai lama. (applause) >> narrator: at the center of the struggle, tibet's exiled buddhist leader, the dalai lama, who, for the past six decades, has been the living symbol of resistance to china. >> namkyi: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> narrator: as a child, namkyi watched as protests against china escalated. (m