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Episode 6: Just two weeks before President Clinton’s trip to China, the D.C. concert becomes the biggest and most consequential yet. After lightning injures concertgoers, the movement carries its message to the Capitol, Beijing and beyond. Erin and others look back on what it set in motion, and ahead to what the fight for freedom needs now. IN THIS EPISODE The 1998 Tibetan Freedom Concert sells 122,000 tickets in 27 minutes. A lightning strike at RFK Stadium seriously injures concertgoers and forces organizers to end the first day early. The concert returns the following day with a renewed sense of purpose. Lhadon Tethong addresses 66,000 people and reflects on a new generation of Tibetan…