China needs to rethink its policy on Tibet. The issue of autonomy is not going to go away. Unlike the Muslim Uighurs, who are mainly domiciled in Xinjiang, Tibetans reside in large numbers in at least four provinces of which Tibet is only the main one.
BBC: “A crowd of Tibetan students has protested in Qinghai province, activists say, as four more self-immolations were reported.
Reports said more than 1,000 students took part in the protest, which was reportedly provoked by the contents of a book.
Twenty students were in hospital, media reports and activist groups said.
The four self-immolations, meanwhile, occurred in Gansu, Sichuan and Qinghai provinces on Sunday and Monday.
Foreign media are banned from Tibetan regions, making reports of protests and self-immolations hard to verify independently. Chinese state media reports some of the protests and burnings but not all.
The student protest took place on Monday in Gonghe county in Qinghai province, London-based Free Tibet said.”
via BBC News – Tibetan students protest, as four more self-immolations reported.
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