IHT Rendezvous: Tibet's Horrifying, Persistent Fire

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The wife of the man tapped to be China's next leader performed the "Laundry Song" -- a classic meant to persuade Tibetans of the virtues of the People's Liberation Army -- in 2007. Its spirit clearly doesn't resonate with the more than 60 men and women who have burned themselves to death over the Communist Party's rule of Tibet.

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