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New Delhi: Tsewang Norbu was 25 years old when he walked to the base of the Potala Palace in Lhasa on February 25, 2022, and set himself on fire. He was a nationally known singer. He had close to 600,000 social media followers. He had performed on one of China’s most-watched holiday television broadcasts. He died from his burns approximately one week later. Chinese authorities did not publicly confirm details of the incident in the reporting available at the time, and discussion of the case was heavily suppressed.
Norbu was the 158th person to self-immolate in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet since 2009. He was the first to have performed on CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala. He was the first to have been signed to an international record label shortly before his death. After his death, references to him were removed from some label-linked channels and his songs were reported removed from multiple music platforms inside mainland China.
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