Tibet on Fire: Self-Immolations Against Chinese Rule

by Tsering Woeser

In the five years since February 2009, over 100 Tibetan monks have self-immolated in protest of the Chinese occupation in their lands. Most have died from their wounds. If Tibetans saw even a sliver of an opportunity to hold demonstrations, then they would not resort to self-immolation, Woeser, the dissident Tibetan poet, has written in The New York Times. The Tibetans she references includes herself- a prominent voice of the Tibetan movement, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784781533
• ISBN13: 9781784781538
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.5"