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Tibet National Uprising Day: Rally Held In Taiwan To Highlight Chinese Oppression In Tibet
Tibetan Uprising Day is observed on March 10 every year to mark the 1959 armed rebellion against China, which resulted in a violent crackdown of Tibetan people
Ahead of the 62nd anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day, hundreds of people, including Tibetans, took to the streets in Taiwan to demand greater public advocacy against China s illegal occupation and decades of atrocities in Tibet. Sunday s demonstration was held to create awareness about the Chinese rule in Tibet among the general public around the world. The Tibetan Uprising Day is observed on March 10 every year to mark the 1959 armed rebellion against China in Tibet, which resulted in a violent crackdown of Tibetan people, forcing the Dalai Lama to take shelter in India.
ANNUAL RALLY: Politicians urged Taiwanese to support Tibetans, and to never stop pursuing democracy and freedom in the face of the Chinese Communist PartyBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
Demonstrators remember 1959 Tibetan uprising
ANNUAL RALLY: Politicians urged Taiwanese to support Tibetans, and to never stop pursuing democracy and freedom in the face of the Chinese Communist Party
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
More than 100 demonstrators yesterday marched in Taipei ahead of the 62nd anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising, with several politicians calling on Taiwanese to show support for Tibetans.
Demonstrators carried the Tibetan flag and held signs reading: “Tibet belongs to Tibetans,” “Free Tibet” and “Stop killing in Tibet.”
Yesterday’s Tibetan Uprising Day rally was the 18th to be held in Taiwan, organizers said.
Members of the Taiwan Tibetan Welfare Association and other groups in Taipei yesterday hold flags during a rally commemorating the 62nd anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising.
Feb 8, 2021
The current political re-engineering in Hong Kong called the “Second Handover” by some is following a script reminiscent of the happenings in Tibet in 1959. Per Beijing’s official accounts, both the “1959 Tibet Rebellion” and the “2019 Hong Kong riots” were flashpoints triggering the end of these region’s distinct ways of life under their respective autonomous frameworks.
If the histories of the two territories under Chinese rule are compared, a pattern emerges illustrating Beijing’s consistent strategy of handling frontier regions since the 1950s.
The ‘one country, two systems’ era
Following capture of the Tibetan border town Chamdo by the People’s Liberation Army in 1951, China and Tibet signed the Seventeen Point Agreement. It affirmed Chinese sovereignty over Tibet but granted the region autonomy. For a while, the Kashag (the Tibetan local government) remained in place and protected Tibetan’s religious and economic systems.
Hong Kong and Tibet: A common pattern emerges with both handovers to China ANI | Updated: Jan 28, 2021 22:07 IST
Washington [US], January 28 (ANI): With Hong Kong coming under the Chinese government s control, a pattern reminiscent of the happenings in Tibet in 1959 is becoming apparent, according to a Hong Kong political scientist.
Writing for The Diplomat, Dr Simon Shen in an article titled Hong Kong s Present Echoes Tibet s Past points out that the current socio-political re-engineering in Hong Kong termed as the Second Handover is following a script reminiscent of the happenings in Tibet in 1959.
The polticial columnist refers to 1959 Tibet Rebellion and the 2019 Hong Kong riots and says with regard to both these regions, China was eager to remove the possibility of foreign influence. While Tibet was under the British and Indian influence, Hong Kong was seen as being under the US-led western influence.