Tibetan self-immolation triggers clash in China

Found on BBC News on Saturday, 14 January 2012
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"According to at least two or three sources, a Tibetan layperson set themselves on fire this morning in Ngaba town. As police put out the flames, they beat him severely," said Kate Saunders, of the International Campaign for Tibet, a London-based group.

This prompted local people to try to recover the body, prompting clashes with police, the activists say.

The Chinese authorities say their policies have brought a better standard of living to many Tibetans.

China is reluctant to allow journalists access to sensitive Tibetan areas and information about what is happening on the ground is difficult to verify.

It does not matter if they think they made life better. They did not. Tibet is occupied by China and controlled through military force. Tibetans made it clear many times that they want to be independant again, but China only tightens its grip and increases the violence used to keep people under control. Not to mention that China keeps moving its own people there to dillute the original population and fights against their religious believes. No wonder the dictators in Peking are too scared to let independant journalists into that region.