Chinese envoy forces to cover monk letters
At least 149 Tibetans who have sought to vocalise their protest against China's continued occupation of Tibet.
New York: On 19 December, 2013, Tsultrim Gyatso, “warrior of the snows”, set himself on fire for the welfare of all Tibetans. “The golden teardrops. Alas, tears. Heartbreak. Brothers, do you hear? Do you see? Do you hear? To whom shall I tell about the suffering of six million Tibetans?” wrote the then 43-year-old in his parting letter, addressed from the Kanlho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province.
His dissident act of self-immolation was one among those performed by at least 149 Tibetans who have sought to vocalise their protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet.
According to The Huffington Post on Saturday, the Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Ma Mingqiang, who happened to visit the summit, apparently “exploded” after viewing Sarin and Sonam’s work, and threatened the organisers, the Samdani Art Foundation, founded by Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani, asking them to either uninstall the works or face the consequences.
“The organisers discussed the situation with us and we agreed to have the work covered for the rest of the Summit,” wrote Sarin and Sonam in a post in their Facebook album with description, using the hashtag #ChinaCensorshipArtTibet.