{"id":30196,"date":"2012-10-14T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=30196 "},"modified":"2012-10-14T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-14T16:15:00","slug":"30196-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=30196","title":{"rendered":"Tibetan Self-Immolates in Protest Against Chinese Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tibetan exiles participate in a candlelit vigil in solidarity after reports of 52-year-old Tamdrin Dorjee’s self-immolation in Tsoe Monastery in northwestern China’s Gansu province, in Dharmsala, India, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012.<\/div>
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October 13, 2012<\/div>
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An ethnic Tibetan man has died after setting himself on fire in a protest against Chinese rule.<\/div>
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VOA’s Tibetan service is reporting that Tamdrin Dorjee killed himself near the Tsoe monastery in northwest China’s Gansu province.<\/div>
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He is believed to be the grandfather of the seventh Gungthang Rinpoche, one of the most revered religious leaders in Amdo Province in northeastern Tibet.<\/div>
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Witnesses say after setting himself on fire, he shouted “long live Dalai Lama,” “free Tibet” and “let the Dalai Lama return to Tibet.”<\/div>
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This latest protest raises the number of self-immolations in Tibetan regions of China to 55 since February 2009.  The Tibetan government-in-exile says 45 of those cases have resulted in deaths.<\/div>
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China accuses Tibetan exiles of self-immolating as part of a separatist struggle.  But representatives of the Dalai Lama say protesters are driven to self-immolate largely because they cannot tolerate China’s policies in Tibet.<\/div>
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The Dalai Lama is seen as the spiritual leader for Tibetan Buddhists.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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