Tibetans Fight China With ‘Weapon of Weak’

Tibetan activist, artist and musician Tamding Tsetan’s first album, Open Road, was inspired by the 2008 Lhasa uprising and the wave of Tibetan self-immolations since 2009, Dharamsala, India. (Photo credit: VOA/I. Broadhead)

DHARAMSALA, INDIA — In Chinese-ruled Tibet, activists have used various means to protest policies that human rights groups say subjugate, and even destroy the Tibetan identity.

Self-immolations are the latest method used by protesters to draw the world’s attention to their plight, but activists are also embracing other kinds of resistance.