The NYRB China Archive
12.22.16
How Tibet Is Being Crushed—While the Dalai Lama Survives
from New York Review of Books
If you read every page of Tsering Woeser’s latest book and skip the first and last chapters of Tsering Topgyal’s, the ultimate message about the situation in Tibet is often the same. Chinese rule, writes Woeser, is no less than “ethnic oppression,”...
The NYRB China Archive
02.09.16
Why Are Tibetans Setting Themselves on Fire?
from New York Review of Books
February 27, 2009, was the third day of Losar, the Tibetan New Year. It was also the day that self-immolation came to Tibet. The authorities had just cancelled a Great Prayer Festival (Monlam) that was supposed to commemorate the victims of the...
The NYRB China Archive
08.21.14
Beyond the Dalai Lama: An Interview with Woeser and Wang Lixiong
from New York Review of Books
In recent months, China has been beset by growing ethnic violence. In Tibet, 125 people have set themselves on fire since the suppression of 2008 protests over the country’s ethnic policies. In the Muslim region of Xinjiang, there have been a series...
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03.11.14Tibet’s Enduring Defiance
New York Times
Self-immolators seek to protest in the most extraordinary manner by suffering what ordinary people could not possibly bear.
Conversation
02.22.14
What Can the Dalai Lama’s White House Visit Actually Accomplish?
On February 21, the Dalai Lama visited United States President Barack Obama in the White House over the objections of the Chinese government. Beijing labels the exiled spiritual leader a "wolf in sheep's clothing" who seeks to use...
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02.20.14Local Government Threatens Severe Punishments for Families of Tibetan Self-Immolators
South China Morning Post
A county in Sichuan province has issued guidelines aimed at punishing family members of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule in their homeland.
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07.09.13A Wave of Self-Immolations Sweeps Tibet
New Yorker
What is the reason behind the self-immolations of more than 100 Tibetans since 2011–monks and nuns, farmers and nomads, adults and teenagers? Some hope the they gain the world’s attention, and bring pressure on China to rethink its Tibet...
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01.31.13China to Tibetans: Stay Put
Atlantic
The Chinese Communist Party's repression of its Tibetan minority now extends, apparently, to travel. Few Tibetans have been issued passports since last spring. Beijing has yet to comment officially about this issue, but its approach to Tibet...
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01.29.13China Appoints New Tibet Governor, Hardline Policies to Remain
Reuters
China named Losang Gyaltsen Tibet’s new governor, signalling the government won’t ease control of the Himalayan region.
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12.13.12Tibet Is Burning
New York Times
Over the last three years, close to 100 Tibetan monks and laypeople have set themselves on fire; 30 people did so between Nov. 4 and Dec. 3. The Chinese government is seeking to halt this wave of self-immolations by detaining...
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09.26.12After Panjin Killing, Public Deserves to Know
There is growing public skepticism about the veracity of a government report detailing a demolition-related incident in Panjin, Liaoning province, during which a police officer killed a villager for allegedly threatening his life.Questions revolve...