Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China
| Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China | |||||||||
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PLA marching into Kangding | |||||||||
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| Tibet | People's Republic of China | ||||||||
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| Tibetan Army | People's Liberation Army | ||||||||
| History of Tibet |
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| See also |
| Asia portal • China portal |
Central Tibet came under the control of the People's Republic of China (PRC) after the government of Tibet signed the Seventeen Point Agreement which the 14th Dalai Lama ratified on 24 October 1951. This followed attempts by the Tibetan government to modernize its military, negotiate with the PRC, and the defeat of the Tibetan Army by the People's Liberation Army at Chamdo in western Kham that resulted in several thousand casualties and captives. The Chinese government calls the signing of the agreement the "Peaceful Liberation of Tibet". The events are called the "Chinese invasion of Tibet" by the Central Tibetan Administration and the Tibetan diaspora.
The Tibetan government and local social structure remained in place under the authority of China until they were dissolved after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, when the 14th Dalai Lama fled into exile and repudiated the Seventeen Point Agreement, saying that he had approved it under duress.