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Self-immolations shake Tibetan resolve
If Norbu was so anxious to tell his story, I ask, why did it take him so long to leave Sichuan province?
He explains that there are now three military camps surrounding Kirti monastery, where the majority of those who have self-immolated come from, and "security forces and plainclothes police are everywhere. There are checkpoints on every road."
"The internet cafes have all been closed and even the public telephone office. It's as if we Tibetans have been shut up in a room and the Chinese have locked the door."
The Chinese have forbidden access to the area to outsiders. They believe they are bringing development and modernisation to backward Tibetan areas and blame outside forces - particularly the Dalai Lama - for stirring up trouble.
The only way of finding out what is going on is to watch the horrific YouTube videos of the self-immolations which are regularly posted on Tibetan support websites such as Free Tibet and the International Campaign for Tibet.
Journalists wanting to find out more head to Dharmamsala in India, where the 150,000 Tibetans living in exile with the Dalai Lama monitor the grim events taking place in their erstwhile home.
All the major monasteries in Tibet have equivalents in India
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