In recent years, with the supporting policies and a series of principles of the central government and Tibetan local government, great achievements have been made in Tibet.

Expressing concern over reports of continuing self-immolations in Tibet, the US appealed to Tibetans to refrain from drastic actions according to an article published on the Global Post on Feb.15, 2013.

Tibetan Buddhist disciples are free to preactice religion and enjoy monastic life, contrary to some foreign media reports.

As Tibetans in China bask in festivity to celebrate the "Water Snake Losar", or the Tibetan New Year's Day, some separatists are inciting commemorations of Tibet's so-called "100th Independence Day".

The Dalai group' recall of the 13th Dalai Lama’s announcement of "Tibetan independence" in early 1913 could in no way attest that Tibet is an "independent state" in history.

Since the 14th Dalai Lama has been peddling the so called "cultural genocide" around the world for so many years yielding little progress, people may wonder: Are there any new tricks that they can make up? Will all these tricks work?

Tibet Autonomous Region is home to over 1,700 monasteries,the self-immolators, however, were from just a few monasteries and could not, by any means, represent the will of 5 million Tibetans in China.

As his black cat leaned toward him, Chirarab sat on a bed with his legs crossed, wondering why his son chose to end his life in a premeditated self-immolation.