By By GILLIAN WONG, Associated Press January 18, 2013
Dorje Rinchen, a farmer in his late 50s, runs after setting himself on fire on the main street in Xiahe, in northwestern China's Gansu province. Chinese authorities are responding to an intensified wave of Tibetan self-immolation protests against Chinese rule by clamping down even harder — criminalizing the suicides, arresting protesters' friends and even confiscating thousands of satellite TV dishes. Chinese authorities are responding to an intensified wave of Tibetan self-immolation protests against Chinese rule by clamping down even harder — criminalizing the suicides, arresting protesters' friends and even confiscating thousands of satellite TV dishes.The harsh measures provide an early indication that the country's new leadership is not easing up on Tibet despite the burning protests and international condemnation. To Read More….
My Take – I have posted a number of links showing that China isn’t the harmonious socialist utopia the left would portray it. It has been a virtual nightmare more often than not and its still a police state without basic human rights. Every once in a while I will get a bunch of hits on my blog from China, which is surprising since they keep restricting access. However……setting oneself on fire as a political statement is insane. I’m not sure what it is about Buddhism that generates this kind of action, but it was insane when Buddhists did it in 1963 in S. Vietnam to protest the Diem regime and its insane now in Tibet.
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