Uncertainty and complicacy, these are the words you'd associate Tibetan politics with, find out why.

Do you know what form of government Tibet adopts? Well, the answer is none other than democracy.

Do you know who is the Dalai Lama? Don't panic if you don't. Click here to view a short video on the Dalai Lama.

Spiritual leader of Tibet. Also known as the chosen one. The 14th reincarnation, fled to India, before obtaining the Nobel Peace Prize.

Panchen Lama, any of the line of reincarnated lamas in Tibet, each of whom heads the influential Tashilhunpo Monastery (near Zhikatse) and until recent times was second only to the Dalai Lama in spiritual authority within the dominant Dge-lugs-pa sect of Tibetan Buddhism.

Self-explanatory..

Despite being a vassal state of China, Tibet has its own government, in exile.

Since the coming of Mao's Army in the 50s, Sino-Tibetan relations have been rocky and edgy.