(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121109-china-tibet-1-5a.photoblog600.jpg)David Gray / ReutersQiangba Puncog, chairman of China's Tibet Autonomous Region, poses for a photograph with members of the Tibetan provincial delegation as they arrive at the Great Hall of the People, for the start of the National People's Congress in Beijing on Thursday.By Ed Flanagan, NBC NewsBEIJING -- China’s ruling Communist Party on Friday declared Tibetans were “very happy” even as six Tibetans reportedly self-immolated (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20247053) over two days this week to protest Chinese rule.
The reported incidents made this week the deadliest since human rights groups began tracking self-immolations in March 2011. More than 60 Tibetans have now taken their own lives in protest of Chinese rule since then, according to Tibetan activists.
The reports came the day after China opened the 18th Communist Party Congress (http://behindthewall.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/07/15001108-china-launches-once-a-decade-changing-of-the-guard?lite#), during which a once-a-decade leadership change was slated to occur.
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They are only happy outward, they want freedom.