Hong Kong + Tibetans' Self Immolation

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(1) Andrew Higgins, China Denounces ‘Hong Konger’ Trend. Washington Post, Jan 11, 2012.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wo ... QAmivNqP_story.html

Quote:

Robert Chung, the director of Hong Kong University’s Public Opinion Program, "has been surveying Hong Kong identity since the territory’s return to China, and the results of his latest poll merely confirmed anecdotal evidence of a significant trend among residents: growing resentment toward — and a sense of separateness from — mainland Chinese. * * * Just 34 percent of those surveyed last month identified themselves as primarily Chinese, and 63 percent emphasized their Hong Kong identity.

"Hao Tiechuan, a senior official at the Chinese government’s liaison office here [HK] * * * say that because Hong Kong is now part of China, it is wrong to ask residents whether they consider themselves Chinese.

(2) Brian Spegele, Resistance on Tibet Is Conundrum for China, Dalai Lama. Wall Street Journal, Jan 9, 2012.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 40753573184924.html

Quote: "The self-immolations returned to the headlines this weekend as China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported Saturday that a former monk had died and another was injured after they set themselves on fire in Sichuan. Xinhua said the men were former monks from Kirti monastery, another center of Tibetan political activism that has come under siege from police in recent months.

My comment: Please read the second half of the report, starting with the paragraph: "A thwarted birthday celebration for the Dalai Lama in July was a defining event in the final months of the lives of Ms. Palden and Mr. Tsewang, according to detailed accounts by several participants."

The PRINT report, which did not have "thwarted" in the paragraph, is not so detailed in the two self immolations depicted in the second half.