[Newsmaker] Tibetan unrest in shadow of leaders’ meeting in Beijing
Foreign affairsNov 13, 2012
An exile Tibetan carries a portrait of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during a candlelit vigil Dharmsala, India, Sunday. (AP-Yonhap News) As the eyes of the world focused on the once-in-a-decade change of power in Beijing last week, a story of bitter protest against Chinese rule played out in the country to considerably less attention. Nine Tibetans set themselves on fire in the sp...