Tibet turmoil intensifies as Xi Jinping takes China's Reins
On Thursday, as the Chinese Communist Party unveiled its new leadership slate headed by Xi Jinping in Beijing, far across in the Himalayan plateau yet another disturbance engulfed the Tibet region, a twin self-immolation by teenagers in protest against Chinese rule of Tibet.
That brought the number of self-immolations to at least 74, of which 10 have tak…
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