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Tibetan Nomad Self-Immolates in Qinghai

A Tibetan nomad died after setting fire to himself in Qinghai province. This is the latest case in a wave of similar protests that started in 2009 when a monk named Tapey self-immolated during the Tibetan New Year festival of Losar. Since March of 2011, this trend has been gaining momentum, and the Tibetan Autonomous Region is currently closed to foreign tourists due to sensitivity after the capita