2012 Event Chinese authorities arrest a Tibetan monk and his nephew in Sichuan province, for inciting 8 self-immolation protests against Chinese rule 2012 Event In Tibet, a Tibetan teenager dies of self-immolation in Gansu, China; this is the seventh incident this week and the 70th self-immolation since 2009 2012 Event After a series of self-immolation by Tibetan monks, hundreds of Tibetan monks and students protest against education policies in China's western Qinghai Province 2012 Event China's Premier Wen Jiabao blames the Dalai Lama for ongoing self-immolations by Tibetan monks 2011 Event In Tibet, several acts of self-immolation prompt exiled Tibetans in India to urge the Chinese government to end its repressive policies restricting the Tibetan's religious freedom 2011 Event A Chinese scientist conducting research on the Tibetan Plateau is reported missing from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region's Muztagh Ata glacier 2011 Event The Tibetan parliament will seek the Tibetan community's opinion after the Tibetan government in-exile accepts the Dalai Lama's resignation from politics 2011 Event Exiles in Tibet vote for a new Prime Minister, and also for 43 members of the Tibetan parliament 2011 Event The Tibetan Parliament-in-exile rejects the 14th Dalai Lama's submitted resignation as Head of State of the Central Tibetan Administration 2011 Event The 14th Dalai Lama, head of the Tibetan exile movement, plans to retire within days 2011 Event In China, Jia Qinglin, senior leader of the People's Republic of China, calls for controls over Tibetan Buddhism and a renewed struggle against the Dalai Lama 2010 Event The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, says cultural genocide is happening as a result of the Chinese law requiring Mandarin as the language of instruction in Tibetan schools 1986 Death Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (Mount Everest 1953), dies at 71 1935 Birthday Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader
