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Breaking: Tibet burns on eve of crucial China meet

Charred body of Tibetan self-immolator Tamding Tso.
Charred body of Tibetan self-immolator Tamding Tso.

DHARAMSHALA, November 7: In confirmed reports coming out of Tibet, a Tibetan woman set herself on fire today in an apparent protest against China’s occupation, on the eve of the Chinese Communist Party’s 18th National Congress.

Tamding Tso, a 23-year-old mother of one, passed away in her self-immolation protest in Rebkong region of Amdo, eastern Tibet.

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Five Tibetan monks sentenced for Drango protest

Dead body of Norpa Yonten who was shot dead during a peaceful protest by Chinese security personnel on January 23, 2012 in Drango.
Dead body of Norpa Yonten who was shot dead during a peaceful protest by Chinese security personnel on January 23, 2012 in Drango.

DHARAMSHALA, November 6: Five monks from the Drango Monastery in the Kardze region of eastern Tibet have been sentenced to varying prison terms of six to seven years for their alleged involvement in a major anti-China protest that erupted in the area earlier this year.

Dharamshala based rights group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in a release today said their sentencing came after months of arbitrary detention and disappearance.

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Newsflash

A new longer-range ballistic missile allegedly deployed by China and the introduction of multiple warhead capabilities could render obsolete Taiwan’s most advanced missile interceptors, analysts said yesterday.

National Security Bureau (NSB) Director Tsai Der-sheng (蔡得勝) told the legislature on Wednesday that China had recently begun deploying Dong Feng-16 (DF-16) ballistic missiles with a range of between 800km and 1,000km, and that some were targeting Taiwan.