with the Olympic Games and China was sensitive to criticism. Now human rights are being pushed aside in favour of trade. There has been hardly any response to the self-immolations, yet the situation is more serious than in 2008."Woeser's novels and poems describe her search for her Tibetan identity. As a "red daughter" of Tibetans in service of the communist state, this was something she did not discover until later in life. Her mother was a public official, her father a soldier in the People's Liberation Army. At home they spoke Chinese.
from Radio Netherlands Worldwide: Tsering Woeser: "The Prince Claus Prize offers me protection"
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