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The issue of Tibet is and remains a hot topic for China, so to speak, that is a substantial international media blasting material. Meanwhile, there were moments when it looked then as if the crisis come first, a little rest. But at least when the Chinese government recently again criticized the meeting between the Dalai Lama and U.S. president in Washington, it became clear that the “Tibet issue” seems far from being answered. Now there is another message from Chinese-occupied Tibet.

There has prevailed, according to the news agency Xinhua, the official agency of China, a Buddhist monk on fire in order to put a sign of protest against the People's Republic. The organization Free Tibet confirmed the message. The first 29-year-old man had performed the act in Garze, a prefecture of Tibet. That Tsewang Norbu, the name of the monk to media reports, was ready for shows, not least because it not only with gasoline poured, but it also even drunk, has to be on the safe side, that the suicide succeeds . He had initiated his suicide by handing out leaflets. These included clear requirements regarding the demand for freedom for the Tibetan people.

Was also reported to be the set of “long live the Dalai Lama” on the letter. For the activists of the Free Tibet incident is more than questionable. Because since the beginning of this week there was no internet connection more in the region in which it came to the suicide, according to the organization. Observers believe it is possible that China could now proceed again with full force against his opponents in that region in order to stifle protests in the bud. A similar approach was China's government in the past repeatedly applied to the day after it had been generally similar actions and protests in Tibet.

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