Taipei, Aug. 2 (CNA) Several dozen people protested outside the Bank of China's Taipei branch on Sunday, marking one month since Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen set himself on fire outside United Nations (U.N.) headquarters in New York to protest Chinese rule.

In memory of Lobga Rangzen and as part of a Global Day of Action called for by his family, participants, including Tibetans living in Taiwan and Taiwanese supporters, staged a "die-in" outside the branch, lying on the ground draped in Tibetan flags before rising one by one.

Organizers, including the Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan (HRNTT), said they chose the site for the protest because China has no embassy in Taiwan and the bank is directly controlled by the Chinese government, making it, in their view, the closest available symbol of the Chinese state.

Among those chanting "Free Tibet" and "Tibet belongs to Tibetans" in the scorching heat was Tashi Tsering, a Tibetan exile and HRNTT secretary...