Beijing, May 15 (IANS) Tibet’s autonomy was not merely an abstract expectation but a commitment explicitly set out in a signed political document – the Seventeen Point Agreement of May 1951, formally titled the ‘Agreement of the Central People’s Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet’. The rapid breakdown of those guarantees underpins the contemporary arguments that China violated its own commitments and fundamentally reshaped Tibet’s …
Latest Lhasa uprising News & Updates
Taipei, March 10 (IANS) As Tibetans worldwide observe the 67th anniversary of the uprising in Lhasa on Tuesday, China continues its relentless campaign to exert control over both Tibetan land and identity, a report has highlighted. The rebellion on March 10, 1959, saw ordinary Tibetan men and women confront the Chinese forces to defend their dignity, culture and faith.According to an editorial in Taipei Times on Tuesday, despite Beijing’s machinery of surveillance, propaganda and coercion, the…