{"id":33183,"date":"2013-03-26T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=33183 "},"modified":"2013-03-26T18:15:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T18:15:00","slug":"33183-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=33183","title":{"rendered":"Tibetan Mother of 4 Self-Immolates to Protest Chinese Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Published: March 25, 2013<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>A Tibetan mother of four killed herself by self-immolation on Sunday to protest Chinese rule, according to a report on Monday by Radio Free Asia, which is financed by the United States government.&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>The report said Kalkyi, 30, set fire to herself near a monastery in the county of Dzamthang in Ngaba Prefecture, which has been a focal point of the wave of Tibetan self-immolations that began in 2009.&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>At least 110 people in Tibetan regions of China have set fire to themselves, and the vast majority have died.&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>Ms. Kalkyi&#8217;s self-immolation took place around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, and her body was taken by locals to the Jonang monastery, according to Radio Free Asia, which cited sources inside Tibet.&nbsp;<\/div><div>&nbsp;<\/div><div><\/div><div>Ms. Kalkyi had three sons and one daughter, all under the age of 15. 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