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. (men shouting) >> (speaking tibetan): >> narrator: in 2008, protests by monks led to widespread demonst