Beijing Wide Open

Tendor and I talk about Tape’s self-immolation and what drives a human being to take such an extreme action.

Shiho Fukada for the New York Times

It feels like last year all over again.

News from Tibet says that there are protests here and there. All of us on the outside are scrambling to find out the details. We call Dharamsala, New York, London, Beijing, trying to work out what exactly happened. Once we piece together the story we take it to the world.

Again there are so few images. And so far, no moving images. No video. Nothing to show on TV. » Read the rest of this entry «