Taktser Village and Kumbum Monastery -- My family -- The search team arrives -- My brother is recognized as the fourteenth Dalai Lama -- The Dalai Lama's new life -- My family's new life -- My life changes -- My student days in Nanjing -- Stranded in India -- Becoming an intermediary -- The Chinese invade -- The long journey home -- Home again -- Escape from Tibet -- Beginning life in India -- the Dalai Lama visits China -- The Dalai Lama visits India -- The CIA offers to help -- The Dalai Lama's escape -- From Mussoorie to Dharamsala -- Mustang -- Settling down in India -- The war between India and China -- The CIA stops its support -- A new life in Hong Kong -- My return to China -- The tenth Panchen Lama -- Meeting Deng Xiaoping -- Return to Tibet -- Our negotiations fail -- Another opportunity lost -- Opportunity lost again -- Return to Tibet -- Watching the world from Kalimpong.