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Tensions are high across the Tibetan plateau, an area that spans a quarter of China. At least 21 monks and nuns have set themselves on fire in protest of China's rule over the last year. GlobalPost takes you to ethnically Tibetan parts of China, where the mood may be quiet but each self-immolation reverberates.

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How Chinese-Tibetan relations have dangerously deteriorated.

XINING — Monks are under lockdown as negotiations hit a stalemate.

Tibet china international response 2012 02 22
China is quick to censor discussion about Tibet inside its own borders.
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Connecting the dots from 2008 riots to the at least 21 recent self-immolations.
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Monks fear arrests just for talking to journalists.