[16. February 2011] Sydney Morning Herald

The promotion of a hardline Communist Party chief, despite his “strike hard” policies apparently contributing to a spate of Tibetans setting themselves on fire, has triggered a rare and passionate protest letter from inside the Party system.

Aba, or Ngaba in Tibetan, has become one of the most volatile prefectures in China since the Communist Party boss Shi Jun entrenched a confrontational approach to controlling the area’s majority Tibetan population. Read more