Tibetans set selves alight in China
- Published: 8 Nov 2012 at 14.34
- Online news: Asia
DHARAMSHALA, India - Five Tibetans set themselves on fire in China in an unprecedented string of protests ahead of the country's once-in-a-decade leadership change, the Tibetan exile government said Thursday.
All five took place on Wednesday, the eve of a pivotal week-long Communist Party congress which will end with the transitioning of power to Vice President Xi Jinping, who will govern for the coming decade.
Individual self-immolations to protest Chinese rule in Tibet have occurred regularly since March 2011, but this is the first time such a large number of burnings have happened on the same day.
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