Rare visit to remote Chinese region shows depth of Tibetan despair – McClatchy Newspapers
By TOM LASSETER | McClatchy Newspapers |Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 ABA (Ngaba), China– The monk reached into the folds of his red robe, pulled out a small notebook, and gently slipped from its pages a tiny photograph. The man in the creased picture was a relative. He used to be a fellow monk at [...]







Tibetans Burn Selves for Freedom – by Ming Xia
By Ming Xia | The Diplomat | February 7, 2012 News today that three Tibetan herders may have set themselves alight highlights the increasing frequency with which Tibetans (usually monks or nuns) have been turning to self-immolation, bringing to 19 the total that have done so in the past year. Why are Tibetans setting themselves [...]