Image from a quicklink (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | Dozens of Tibetans have set themselves on fire over the past year to protest Chinese rule, sometimes drinking kerosene to make the flames explode from within, in one of the biggest waves of political self-immolations in recent history.
But the stunning protests are going largely unnoticed in the wider world -- due in part to a smothering Chinese security crackdown in the region that prevents journalists from covering them. |