I skim this post and spot Dali Lama.
He had a stop in a nearby town for three days. I was on my way to see relatives last weekend and drove by the stadium he was at, and they had news crews from every city within 100 miles... More amusing was the fact that the pro-Chinese protesters outnumbered the Free Tibet protesters 4 to 1. I think all those chinese are either in denial about their country's iron-fisted policies, or they've been brainwashed. Or they're just stupid. Might explain why the only businesses chinese people seem to start around here are restaurants.