Tibetan sources tell VOA that a Tibetan man has set himself on fire in western China’s Qinghai province, in a protest against Chinese rule, prompting a security clampdown in the area.

The incident happened late Saturday in Zadoi county of Qinghai’s Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

The sources in Yushu and in the Tibetan exile hub of Dharamsala in northern India say the 27-year old man named Yungdung self-immolated while wearing traditional Tibetan attire and walking past several … [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Economy and Finance