Revisiting Khesum: pioneer of Xizang's democratic reform

STORY: Revisiting Khesum: pioneer of Xizang's democratic reform SHOOTING TIME: March 26, 2024 DATELINE: March 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:31 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): SONAM DONDRUP, Resident of Khesum community in China's Xizang 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Tibetan): SONAM DONDRUP, Resident of Khesum community in China's Xizang 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Tibetan): SONAM DONDRUP, Resident of Khesum community in China's Xizang 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Tibetan): SONAM DONDRUP, Resident of Khesum community in China's Xizang 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Tibetan): SONAM DONDRUP, Resident of Khesum community in China's Xizang 6. various of Khesum community 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Tibetan): GANG TSUK, Party chief of Khesum community in China's Xizang 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): TASHI DELEK, Legal person of a local noodle processing factory 9. SOUNDBITE 8 (Tibetan): SONAM DONDRUP, Resident of Khesum community in China's Xizang STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): SONAM DONDRUP, Resident of Khesum community in China's Xizang "I

Xinhua Headlines: Revisiting Khesum: pioneer of Xizang's democratic reform

Xinhua Headlines: Revisiting Khesum: pioneer of Xizang's democratic reform

(240329) -- LHASA, March 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sonam Dondrup is pictured at his home in Khesum, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Purbu Tsering)

Xinhua Headlines: Revisiting Khesum: pioneer of Xizang's democratic reform

Xinhua Headlines: Revisiting Khesum: pioneer of Xizang's democratic reform

(240329) -- LHASA, March 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sonam Dondrup talks about the development of Khesum in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Purbu Tsering)

Xinhua Headlines: Revisiting Khesum: pioneer of Xizang's democratic reform

Xinhua Headlines: Revisiting Khesum: pioneer of Xizang's democratic reform

(240329) -- LHASA, March 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sonam Dondrup waters flowers at his home in Khesum, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Purbu Tsering)

Former Tibetan serf recalls 65 years of change

STORY: Former Tibetan serf recalls 65 years of change SHOOTING TIME: March 26, 2024 DATELINE: March 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sonam Dhunzhup's daily life 2. file of serfs in Xizang 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): SONAM DHUNZHUP, Resident of Khesum community in China's Xizang STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): SONAM DHUNZHUP, Resident of Khesum community in China's Xizang "I became a serf to the serf owner when I was eight years old, and my life was miserable back then." Sonam Dhunzhup was born in 1943 at Khesum manor in old Xizang. Before the democratic reform in 1959, for many generations, his ancestors worked as serfs at the Khesum manor. SOUNDBITE 2 (Tibetan): SONAM DHUNZHUP, Resident of Khesum community in China's Xizang "I lived a life oppressed by serf owners, often beaten by them. I didn't have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear. Some people would starve to death and some people would freeze to death." SOUNDBITE 3 (Tibetan): SONAM