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In 2001, in a case which caused a media sensation in China, a Buddhist monk named Gyatso was detained at the Tibetan border as he tried to enter Tibet illegally. He confessed to being part of a complex plot to self-immolate himself in Lhasa, on the “front door” of the Chinese authorities in Tibet. Journalist Xiao Lin gained unprecedented access to interview Gyatso in prison to find out why he left Tibet for India, only to be recruited and groomed to return as a “die hard” martyr prepared to sacrifice himself on the roof of the world. Xiao Lin’s riveting and utterly frank interview with Gyatso is certain to provoke further discussion on China’s Tibet policy as well as the policies of the Dalai Lama’s followers in India and around the world.

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